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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[OE.

adun

adoun

adune

. AS.

of dūne

off the hill. See

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.

[Archaic]

“Thrice did she sink adown.”

Spenser.

rep.

Down.

[Archaic & Poetic]

Her hair

adown

her shoulders loosely lay displayed.

Prior.

, prep. [a and down.] From a higher to a lower situation; downwards; implying descent.

adv.

Down; on the ground; at the bottom.