† kew-kawkew-wawadv.
Obsolete.
Upside down. (Used as n. in quot. 1399.)
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upa1300
nevelinga1387
kew-kaw1399
overc1425
topsy-turvy1530
arsy-versy1545
upside down1569
overhand1579
bottom-up1598
downside up1603
top to bottom1624
inversely1657
invertedly1657
belly-up1749
topsy versy1767
topsy-turvily1886
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 299 In well and in woo þe werld euere turneth, Ȝit þer is kew-kaw þouȝ he come late, A new þing þat noyeth nedy men and oþer.
1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 233 The Picture topsie-turuie stands kewwaw: The World turn'd vpside downe, as all men know.
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adv.1399