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▪ I. alow, adv.1 (and prep.), orig. phr.|əˈləʊ|
Forms: 3–7 alowe, 4 aloȝ, a-logh, a-loughe, (5 north. a-lawe) 6 alowe, 5– alow.
[a prep.1 + low a. Cf. on high, afar.]
Contrasted with aloft.
1. Of position: Low down, below.
c1260E.E.P. (1862) 14 Hit nas no wonder þoȝ ȝo wep · for hir swet child alowe. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xii. 234 His mouth..Rather þan his lykam a-low [v.r. aloȝ]. 1430Lydg. Chron. Troy i. vii, The corps is layde in earth alowe. 1578Lyte Dodoens 324 A lowe, even by the ground. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xviii. (1632) 903 The Queene her selfe sate alone alow on the rushes. a1733North Lives of Norths (1826) II. 344 The reason given for the sun's absence a-low. 1867J. Ingelow Lily & Lute ii. 146 Floating of the film aloft, Fluttering of the leaves alow.
2. Of direction: Downwards, towards the ground.
a1423James I. Kingis Q. ii. xvi, As I beheld, and kest myn eyen alawe. a1528Skelton Image Hypoc. i. 91 They may not stoop alowe. 1700Dryden Cymon & Iph. 370 Toss'd and retoss'd, aloft and then alow.
3. Naut. In or into the lower part of a vessel, i.e. the deck as opposed to the rigging, the cabin or hold as opposed to the deck.
1509Barclay Ship of Fooles (1570) 177 Within this ship a lowe or els a hye. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. 65/2 Downe, downe alow, into the hold. 1863C. Reade Hard Cash I. 268 With studding sails alow and aloft.
4. fig. In low condition or estate.
1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xii. 222 Why somme be alowe [v.r. alouȝ] and somme alofte. 1535Coverdale Deut. xxviii. 43 Thou shalt come downe alowe and lye euer beneth.
†5. In a low voice, quietly: opposed to aloud.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 670 Þou laȝed a-loȝ. 1482Monk of Evesham (1869) 23 Sykyng alow in his breste.
†B. prep. ellipt. for alow in or on. Obs. rare.
1533Tindale Answ. Frith in Southey Bk. of Ch. 112 (R.) Creep alow the ground. 1591Harington Orl. Fur. ii. xii, Alow the vale a hermit she did find.
▪ II. alow, adv.2 north. dial.|əlɔːˈʊ, əlʌʊ|
[a prep.1 in, on + low flame.]
Ablaze, in flame.
c1200Ormin 16185 Teȝȝ alle þrenngdenn ut Of all þatt miccle temmple, All alls itt wære all oferr hemm O loȝhe. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xlv. 350 To speak to him about that..wad be to set the kiln a-low.
▪ III. † aˈlow, v. Obs.
Also allow.
[f. a- prefix 11 + low: cf. alow adv., and abase.]
To lower, bring down, lessen. lit. and fig.
1530Palsgr. 414/1, I abate, or lay downe, or beate downe, or alowe one in his accompt. Je abas. a1541Wyatt Ps. cii. (R.) Whereby he..gynneth to alowe his payne and penitence. c1576Turberville Fall of Pride (R.) They may most plainely see how pride hath beene allowde. |