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adownadverb
down, downward; to or in a lower place.
adownpreposition
down
Etymology: adun, earlier of dun (compare Latin ad vallum > Old French à val, used in the same way).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Adownadverb
Down; on the ground.
Etymology: from a and down.
Thrice did she sink adown in deadly sound,
And thrice he her reviv’d with busy pain. Fairy Queen, b. i.Adownprep.
Down; towards the ground; from a higher situation towards a lower.
In this remembrance Emily ere day
Arose, and dress’d herself in rich array;
Fresh as the month, and as the morning fair,
Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. John Dryden, Fables.
Webster Dictionary
Adownadverb
from a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground
Adown
down
Etymology: [OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of dne off the hill. See Down.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Adown
a-down′, adv. and prep. down. [A.S. of-dúne—of, from, dun, a hill. See Down, a bank.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
adown
The bawl of privateersmen for the crew of a captured vessel to go below. Saxon, adoun.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Adown in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Adown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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