Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adown"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adown \A*down"\, adv. [OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of d[=u]ne
off the hill. See {Down}.]
From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on
the ground. [Archaic] ``Thrice did she sink adown.''
--Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adown \A*down"\, prep.
Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
--Prior.
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