Alow vs Ablow - What's the difference?
alow | ablow |
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , VI.8:
*:Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow , / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].
(nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
* 1859 , (James Fenimore Cooper), The Red Rover: A Tale :
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
* 1867 , , “Lota”, in A Woman Sold and Other Poems ,
* 1891 , , “Hallowmas” (poem), in A Handful of Lavender ,
* 1989 , Stephen L. Swynn, Garden Wisdom: Or, from One Generation to Another , Ayer Publishing, ISBN 0836905024, page 110:
(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
In scotland|lang=en terms the difference between alow and ablow
is that alow is (scotland) below while ablow is (scotland) below.As prepositions the difference between alow and ablow
is that alow is (scotland) below while ablow is (scotland) below.As an adverb alow
is .As an adjective ablow is
(obsolete|postpositive) blossoming, blooming, in blossom.alow
English
Adverb
(-)- I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?
See also
* aloftAnagrams
*ablow
English
Etymology 1
From .Adjective
(-)]Macmillan and Co., [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xjfi8f0_XNYC&pg=PA238&dq=ablow page 238:
- “ The flower breaks from its sheath and is ablow
- And gives its richest perfumes.” And I’d muse,
]Houghton, Mifflin and Company, [http://books.google.com/books?id=aelxXq8zG-EC&pg=PA13&dq=ablow page 13:
- You know, the year's not always May —
- Oh, once the lilacs were ablow !
