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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Adown \A*down"\, prep.
      Down. [Archaic & Poetic]
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            Her hair adown her shoulders loosely lay displayed.
                                                     --Prior.
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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   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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