arow

English

Alternative forms

• a-row

Etymology

From a- +‎ row.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

Adverb

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.

References

• “arow”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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)

1. An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
2. (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.