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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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ADOUN, ADOON, ADOWN, adv. and prep. Down. Chiefly poetical, like adown in St.Eng. [ə′dun]

1. adv.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems (1925) 54:
Crummie nae mair for Jenny's hand will crune Wi' milkness dreeping frae her teats adown.Bwk. 1863 A. Steel Poems 196:
Adoon in yonder glen We'll meet, but nane shall ken.

2. prep.Sc. 1725 A. Ramsay Poems, Gentle Shepherd (1728) 361:
Adown his graceful Cheek a Torrent flow'd.Sc. 1923 Sc. Univ. Verses 1918–1923 18:
She's lashin' at her auld grey mare adoon the Harbour Wynd.Knr. 1891 H. Haliburton Ochil Idylls 20:
Adoun the gutter rins a rill Micht halflins ca' a country mill.Ayr. 1786 Burns To W. Simpson xv.:
The Muse, nae Poet ever fand her, Till by himsel he learn'd to wander, Adown some trottin burn's meander.Kcb. a.1902 J. Heughan Virgil's “Golden Age,” Gallovidian XV. (1913) 109:
Honey in spates adoon the aiks shall rin.w.Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo vii.:
I think the feck o' fouk . . . like to look back adoon the years.s.Sc. 1847 H. S. Riddell Poet. Wks. (1871) I. 77:
Adoon the burn aneath the shaw There grows a bonnie birken-tree.