† a-wallopadv.
Etymology: a prep.1 + wallop, early form of gallop n.
Obsolete.
rare.
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Ursidae (bear) > [adverb] > at a gallop
a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 1770 Þe white beres..went a-wai a wallop as þei wod semed.
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