adown /əˈdaʊn/adverb 1preposition 1 adverb1 •(no longer used) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.Thrice did she sink adown. — 1590 preposition1 •(no longer used) Down.Before yon field of trembling gold Is garnered into dusty sheaves, Or ere the autumn’s scarlet leaves Flutter as birds adown the wold, […] — 1881
