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