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English
Etymology
From a- + row.
Pronunciation
Adverb
arow (not comparable)
- In a row, line, or rank; successively.
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself!
My master and his man are both broke loose,
Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor
Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire
1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC: , Number 10 “Of Turning,” ¶ 8, p. 184,
- And in the middle of the Breadth of the Cross-Greddle is made several holes all arow to receive the Iron Pin set upright in the Treddle.
1716, “A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abby”, in John Dryden, editor, The Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, page 305:And now the Presses open stand
And ye see them all arow,
But never so more is said of these
Than what is said below.
1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Cranford:The chairs were all a-row against the walls, with the exception of four or five which stood in a circle round the fire.
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Middle English
Etymology
From Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈarɔu̯/, /ˈaːrɔu̯/, /ˈarwə/, /ˈaːrwə/, /ˈarɛu̯/
Noun
arow (plural arows or arewen)
- An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
- (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.
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