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doun


doun preposition, adverb, adjective

  1. a variant spelling of doon

Examples from the Web for doun Historical Examples of doun

  • And when he cam to yon toun-end, He loot his bent bow low fall doun.

    A Book of Ballads, Volume 4

    Various

  • This approached by occasional cries of “Doun wi’ the rebel!”

    Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland

    Various

  • Wha wad guarantee your no lyin’ doun an’ deein’ by the road-side?

    Wilson’s Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21

    Alexander Leighton

  • If he makes an outbreak, he’ll be doun frae the Hielands or I could drink this glass,—and whare are they then?

    Old Mortality, Complete, Illustrated

    Sir Walter Scott

  • At the doun going of the sun are great number of fairie men mett her together with a maister man.

    The Witch-cult in Western Europe

    Margaret Alice Murray

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