alow

adv, prep, adj — 4 senses

alow

adv

UK /əˈləʊ/

Etymology From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.

1

Scotland Low down.

Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

2

Nautical, Transport 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?1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:
Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow.1924, Herman Melville, chapter 26, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:

alow

prep

Etymology From Middle English alowe, equivalent to a- + low.

1

Scotland Below.

Related terms: aloft

alow

adj

Etymology From a- + low, from low (“flame”).

1

Scotland alight; ablaze

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