Definition of "ahint"

ahint the coonter he sat i' the shop

1827, Allan's Tyneside Songs

But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget. John Dodds said they were the een of a deer with the Devil ahint them; and indeed, they would so appal an onlooker that a sudden unreasoning terror came into his heart, while his feet would impel him to flight.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide