Adown \A*down"\, prep.
   Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
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         Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
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	Adown \A*down"\, adv. [OE. adun, adoun, adune. AS. of d[=u]ne
   off the hill. See Down.]
   From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on
   the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." --Spenser.
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