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▪ I. † aˈblow, v. Obs.
[f. a- prefix 1 intensive + blaw-an to blow.]
1. To blow or breathe upon or into. lit. and fig.
c1000ælfric Gen. ii. 7 God..on ableow on his ansine lifes orðunge. c1175Lamb. Hom. 99 Crist ableow þana halȝa gast ofer þa apostlas..þe helende ableu his gast on his apostlas. c1320Arthour & Merlin 8546 Aswon tho sche ouer threwe Wawain sone hir ablewe.
2. intr. and trans. To puff up, swell. lit. and fig.
c1000Saxon Leechdoms II. 250 Eft, þonne se milte ablawen wyrð, sona he aheardian. Ibid. 168 Ablawunge & aheardunge þæs blodes on þam milte. c1315Shoreham Poems 160 Thos he [the devil] gan hyre herte ablowe, And hy sey that frut..Was fayr and god. Ibid. 166 Þet was ablowe þorȝ þe fenim of þe fende.
▪ II. ablow, adv. or pred. a.|əˈbləʊ|
[a prep.1 + blow v.1 or v.2]
Blooming; blowing.
1893W. B. Yeats Poems (1957) 743 For dreams are the flowers ablow. 1912C. Mackenzie Carnival xxiv. 268 A black mushroom hat a-blow with rosebuds. 1921W. de la Mare Crossings 12 The tide's aflow, the wind ablow. |
