arow

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English

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ row.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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arow (not comparable)

  1. In a row, line, or rank; successively.
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
      O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself!
      My master and his man are both broke loose,
      Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor
      Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire
    • 1677–1683, Joseph Moxon, “(please specify the page)”, in Mechanick Exercises, or The Doctrine of Handy-Works, [], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] Joseph Moxon, published 1678–1683, →OCLC:
      , Number 10 “Of Turning,” ¶ 8, p. 184,[1]
      And in the middle of the Breadth of the Cross-Greddle is made several holes all arow to receive the Iron Pin set upright in the Treddle.
    • 1716, “A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abby”, in John Dryden, editor, The Third Part of Miscellany Poems[2], 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, page 305:
      And now the Presses open stand
      And ye see them all arow,
      But never so more is said of these
      Than what is said below.
    • 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 8, in Cranford[3]:
      The chairs were all a-row against the walls, with the exception of four or five which stood in a circle round the fire.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈarɔu̯/, /ˈaːrɔu̯/, /ˈarwə/, /ˈaːrwə/, /ˈarɛu̯/

Noun

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arow (plural arows or arewen)

  1. An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
  2. (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

Descendants

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  • English: arrow
  • Scots: aerrow, arrae, arow, arowe

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