alow

¹ American  

[uh-loh] / əˈloʊ /

adverb

Nautical.

1. below decks.

2. (on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the lower rigging, specifically, below the lower yards (opposed to aloft).

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alow ² American  

[uh-loh] / əˈloʊ /

Or alowe

adjective

Northern British Dialect.

1. ablaze; aflame.

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alow British  

/ əˈləʊ /

adverb

1. (postpositive) nautical in or into the lower rigging of a vessel, near the deck

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Etymology

Origin of alow¹

1350–1400; earlier, downward, lower down, Middle English aloue; see a- ¹, low ¹

Origin of alow²

1150–1200; Middle English o loghe, a lowe; see a- ¹, low ³

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Example Sentences

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alow

The Social Security Administration’s policy will alow people to select their sex in records “without needing to provide documentation of their sex designation,” Ms. Kijakazi said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022

Why bide I till Pygmalion comes to lay my walls alow, Till taken by Getulian kings, Iarbas' slave I go?

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

Then pretty Lasses venture now, Kind Fortune may her Smiles alow.

From Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 by Thomas D'Urfey

Up comes the skipper from down below, And he looks aloft and he looks alow.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day

"All alone," said I. "Broach me every barrel aboard if ever I see sich a vessel," he cried, his astonishment rising with the searching glances he directed aloft and alow.

From The Frozen Pirate by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell

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