arow
English
Alternative forms
- a-row
Etymology
a- + row
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -əʊ
Adverb
arow (not comparable)
- In a row, line, or rank; successively.
- c. 1594, 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 606515358, [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
- 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, Number 10 “Of Turning,” ¶ 8, p. 184,
- 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, John Dryden (editor), “A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abby” in The Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 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, Cranford, Chapter 8,
- 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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References
- arow in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- WORA
Middle English
Alternative forms
- arwe, arowe, aruwe, arew, arewe
Etymology
From Old English ārwe, earh, from Proto-West Germanic *arhu, from Proto-Germanic *arhwō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈarɔu̯/, /ˈaːrɔu̯/, /ˈarwə/, /ˈaːrwə/, /ˈarɛu̯/
Noun
arow (plural arows or arewen)
- An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
- (figurative) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.
Descendants
- English: arrow
- Scots: aerrow, arrae, arow, arowe
References
- “arwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.