adown

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adown - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adown \A*down"\, prep.
     Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
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           Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
                                                    --Prior.
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  Adown \A*down"\, adv. [OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of d[=u]ne
     off the hill. See Down.]
     From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on
     the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." --Spenser.
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