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Arear   Listen
adverb
Arear  adv.  Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Arear" Quotes from Famous Books



... of chronology and a little different from their arrangement behind his brother. Immediately at his back, with a controlling hand (a trifle skinny) upon him, may stand his great-grandmother, while his father may be many removes arear. Or the place of power may be held by some fine old Asian gentleman who flourished before the confusion of tongues on the plain of Shinar; or by some cave-dweller who polished the bone of life in Mesopotamia and was perhaps a respectable and ...
— The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays - 1909 • Ambrose Bierce

... your hearts, and make good cheer; These tidings liketh me wonder well, Now virtue shall draw arear arear: Hark, fellows, a good sport I can you tell, At the stews we will lie to-night, And by my troth, if all go right, I will beguile some praty wench, To get me money at a pinch. How say you? shall we go thither? Let ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I. • R. Dodsley



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