north. dial. [A prep.1 in, on + LOW flame.] Ablaze, in flame.
c. 1200. Ormin, 16185. Teȝȝ alle þrenngdenn ut Of all þatt miccle temmple, All alls itt wære all oferr hemm O loȝhe.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xlv. 350. To speak to him about that wad be to set the kiln a-low.