Both Uses of
allude
in
The Hobbit
- Great floods and rains had swollen the waters that flowed east; and there had been an earthquake or two (which some were inclined to attribute to the dragon-alluding to him chiefly with a curse and an ominous nod in the direction of the Mountain).†
Chpt 10
- no songs had alluded to him even in the obscurest way
Chpt 10 *alluded = indirectly referred
Definition:
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(allude) to make an indirect referenceeditor's notes: The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.