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alow en · ADP · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈləʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland) Below.

Relateds

aloft

alow en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈləʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, not-comparable) Low down.
    • Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  2. (not-comparable) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
    • I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft? 1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:
    • Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow. 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 26, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:

alow en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /əˈləʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

From a- + low, from low (“flame”).

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, not-comparable) alight; ablaze