adown

American  

[uh-doun] / əˈdaʊn /

adverb

Archaic.

1. down.

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Etymology

Origin of adown

First recorded before 1000; Middle English adoun, Old English of dūne “off the hill.” See a- ², down ¹

Example Sentences

So good-nights were said, and hands were shaken, and off went Uncle Ben and his cockatoo adown the road towards his bungalow, where his man Pedro was waiting to place before him his frugal supper.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

The knight took the helmet from his head: his brown locks fell adown his neck: the old man gazed on him with a searching glance.

From Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig

So, lest heart-contented adown life easily floating, We note not the passage while living in the delight, I have honour'd always the attentive vigil of Autumn, And thy day set apart holy to fair Memory. 

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

Hear ye the booming adown the red valley?

From Southern War Songs Camp-Fire, Patriotic and Sentimental by Various

O Voice!—what is thy necromantic word That all Granada waits adown the years?

From The Melody of Earth An Anthology of Garden and Nature Poems From Present-Day Poets by Various