alow
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/əˈləʊ/
(UK)
Definition of alow
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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(Scotland, not-comparable)Low down.
“Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].”
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adv
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(Scotland, not-comparable)Low down.
“Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].”
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(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?”
“Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow.”
prep
- (Scotland)Below.
adj
- (Scotland, not-comparable)alight; ablaze
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.
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