adown

[uh-doun]

adverb, preposition Archaic.

down¹.

Origin of adown

before 1000; Middle English adoun, Old English of dūne off the hill. See a-², down²

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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 Tales
Louey Chisholm
Adown the street, there is a glimpse of the hills outside of Florence.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Giles is coming now, adown the way with a stranger; is this Mr. Weston?
A Pilgrim Maid
Marion Ames Taggart
Adown this Lance cautiously lowered himself—how cautiously and anxiously!
Nevermore
Rolf Boldrewood
I say, let me float on adown the quiet stream of insignificance.
The Cruise of the Frolic
W.H.G. Kingston