Adown
[ә'daun]
Definition
(adv.) From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground.
(prep.) Down.
Inputed by Cyrus
Definition
adv. and prep. down.
Typist: Louis
Examples
- Spread the sail, and strain with oar, hurrying by dark impending crags, adown steep rapids, even to the sea of desolation I have reached. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We are not Maurice and Helena, but Florizel and Perdita, shepherd and shepherdess; so come, my dearest, adown the mountain. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Louis