ablow

== English == === Etymology === From a- +‎ blow. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /əˈbloʊ/ === Adjective === ablow (not comparable) (archaic, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom. 1891, Lizette Woodworth Reese, “Hallowmas” (poem), in A Handful of Lavender,[1] Houghton, Mifflin and Company, page 13: You know, the year's not always May — Oh, once the lilacs were ablow ! (dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy. ==== Usage notes ==== Like most adjectives formed from this sense of a-, ablow never serves as an attributive premodifier; one can say “the flowers were ablow”, “ablow, the flowers [...]”, and even “[...] the flowers ablow [...]”, but not *“[...] the ablow flowers”. === Anagrams === blaow, wobla == Scots == === Etymology 1 === a- +‎ below, on analogy of above, afore, etc. See also aneth. ==== Alternative forms ==== ablo, ab'low ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /əˈbloː/ ==== Preposition ==== ablow (often preceded by in) under, below On the lower side or part of; lower down in; further down from. ==== Adverb ==== ablow below, beneath, lower down. ===== References ===== “ablow”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === a- +‎ blow ==== Adverb ==== ablow In full blow or blossom, abloom ===== References ===== “ablow, adv.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.