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alow

[uh-loh]

adverb Nautical.

below decks.

(on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the lower rigging, specifically, below the lower yards (opposed to aloft).

Origin:
1350–1400; earlier, downward, lower down, Middle English aloue; see a-¹, low¹

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adjective, adverb Northern British Dialect.

ablaze; aflame.

Also, a·lowe.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English o loghe, a lowe; see a-¹, low³

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alow (əˈləʊ)

—*adv, —adj*
	(postpositive) nautical in or into the lower rigging of a vessel, near the deck

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