Both Uses of
allude
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- But Owen Meany's manner of making and keeping a thing mysterious was to allude to something too dark and terrible to mention.†
p. 23.9 *allude = to make an indirect reference
- And he loved all allusions to faith' as a battle to be savagely fought and won; faith was a war waged against faith's adversaries.†
p. 114.8allusions = indirect references
Definition:
to make an indirect reference
The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.