adown
[uh-doun]
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adverb, preposition Archaic.
Origin of adown
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Historical Examples of adown
As Nathos and Deirdre played, of a sudden was a cry heard from adown the shore.
Celtic TalesLouey Chisholm
Adown the street, there is a glimpse of the hills outside of Florence.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2Nathaniel Hawthorne
Giles is coming now, adown the way with a stranger; is this Mr. Weston?
A Pilgrim MaidMarion Ames Taggart
Adown this Lance cautiously lowered himself—how cautiously and anxiously!
NevermoreRolf Boldrewood
I say, let me float on adown the quiet stream of insignificance.
The Cruise of the FrolicW.H.G. Kingston