Low-churchman 
regard the sacraments iinil sacramental rites 
rather :is si^'iis or symbols of grace tlian as hav- 
iug grace necessarily contained in them, and 
oppose suren!otah-iu ami ornate ritual. Low- 
churchmen s.\ mpathi/.t: with min.fplscopal denominations 
rather than with thu Roman Catholic and Greek chinches, 
opposed to Iliyh churchman. Also culled Evangelical. 
low-day (16'da), it. [< W- + ilay 1 . Cf. liiijh- 
<///.] A day that is not a church-festival, 
snrh days as wear the badge of holy rt-il 
Are for Devotion marked and Sage Delights, 
Tile vulgar !.<:" ilnyx undistinguished 
Are left for Lalxmr, Games, and Sportful Sights. 
i':',,ij,i<m (Arbcr's Kng. Garner, III. 286). 
low-dilutionist (16'di-lu'sbon-ist), it. See <ii- 
llltittllixt. 
low-down (16'doun), a. Far down iu the social 
-i-ale; degraded; mean. [Colloq.] 
HIT archaic speech was perhaps a shade better than the 
low-down language of llroinl Run. 
K. Eyyleston, The Graysons, xviii. 
low-down (16'doun), n. A ravine, or gully, 
such as is frequented by the sea-elephant of 
California. C. M. Scamiuon. 
low-downer (lo'dou'ner), n. [< loic-doicn + 
-er 1 .] A person who is low down in the scale 
of existence ; a very rude or mean person. [Lo- 
cal, U. 8.] 
They are at least known by a generic byword aa Poor 
Whites, or Low-downers. 
B. L. Stevenson, Silverado Squatters, p. 151. 
Lowell battery-gun. See machine-gun. 
lower 1 , lour (lou~er, lour), v. i. [< MB. lowren, 
IOHITII, liircn (= Ml), loeren), frown; appar. < 
lure, the face (E. leer 1 ), and thus ult. a var. of 
leer*-, t\, q. v.] 1. To frown; scowl; look sul- 
len ; watch in sullen silence. 
If his knaue knele that sh:il his cuppe brynge, 
lie Imireth on hym and axeth hyin who taujte hym cur- 
telsye? Piers Plowman (B), x. 811. 
This son of anger lowered at the whole assembly. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 43U. 
2. To appear dark or gloomy; be clouded; 
threaten a storm. 
Now is the winter of our discontent 
Made glorious summer by this sun of York ; 
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house 
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. 
Shale., Rich. III., L 1. 8. 
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, 
And heavily iu clouds brings on the day. 
Additon, Cato, 1. 1. 
3f. To look bad; appear in bad condition. 
Vf this tree Inure [tr. L. tristis sit], an horscombe wol him 
chero. Palladiits, Husbondrle (. . T. *.), p. 144. 
4f. To lurk ; crouch ; skulk. 
We lurkede undyr lee as lowrande wreches ! 
Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.\ L 1446. 
6. To strike, as a clock, with a low prolonged 
sound ; toll the curfew. Halliwcll. [Prov. Eng.] 
lowerH, lourt (lou'er, lour), n. [< tower*, t\] 1. 
A frown; scowl; frowning; sulleuness. 
Philoclea was jealous for Zelmane, not without so mighty 
a lower as that face could yield. Sir P. Sidney. 
What women know It not . . . 
llnw blisse or bale lyes In their laugh or lawn, 
Whilst they injoy their happy blooming flowre? 
Daniel, Complaint of Rosamond, 1. 137. 
2. Cloudiness; gloominess. 
lower a (16'er). r. [< lower, compar. of tow 2 , a. 
Cf. higher, v.) I. trans. 1. To cause to de- 
scend; let down; take or bring down: as, to 
loirer the sail of a ship; to lower cargo into the 
hold. 2. To reduce or bring down, as in height, 
amount, value, estimation, condition, degree, 
etc.; make low or lower: as, to lower a wall (by 
removing a part of the top) ; to lower the water 
in a canal (by allowing some to run off) ; to 
Imrrr the temperature of a room or the quality 
of goods; to lower the point of a spear or the 
muzzle of a gun ; to loicer prices or the rate of 
interest. 3. To bring down in spirit ; humble; 
humiliate : as, to loicer one's pride ; to lower one 
in the estimation of others. 4. In relief-en- 
i/fiii'iiii/, (<i) to scrape or cut away, as the sur- 
face of a block, in such manner as to leave it 
highest iu the middle; or (b) to depress, as any 
part of the surface which it is desired shall 
print lightly from being exposed to a dimin- 
ished pressure. The lowering of the block from the 
middle to the sides causes the pressure on its whole sur- 
face in the press to be practically equal, aud thus admits 
of printing from it without overlays. 
5. In Htuxii; to change from a high to a low 
l>itc;h; specifically, in inimical notation, to do- 
press; flat: said of changing the significance of 
a staff-degree or of a note on such a degree by 
attaching a flat to it either in the signature or 
as an accidental To lower the flag. See/a#2. 
II. intrant. To fall; sink; growlew; become 
lower in any way. 
:<531 
Thou shalt /--I/'./- to his level day by day. 
TfniKjmtn, Lockslcy Hall. 
lower't, a. l-MK... < ()K. Ion,, . let, hire, < L. 
Injure, place, let: see locate.] Hire; reward. 
A knyght axed his body when he was deed vpon the 
selde crosse, and it was graunted hym of 1'ilatc in lower 
of his servyse. Merlin (E. . T. S.), i. 68. 
lower-case (lo'er-kas), </. and n. 
used attributively.] I. n. In /iriiilini/. pertain- 
ing to or belonging in the lower case (see i-iix, '-', 
.,(>): as, the Iniri-r-casi- lio.vs; linn r-ciixc type 
or letters. Usually abbreviated /. c. 
II. n. In iiriiiting, tlio kind of type that is 
placed in the boxes of the lower case (see 
cae 2 , C) ; small letters collectively, as opposed 
to capitals: as, roman or italic lower-cane; the 
title-words of this dictionary are set in con- 
densed antique lower-caxe (with capital initials 
when these are ordinarily used). 
lowering (lou'er-ing),p.a. Threatening a storm ; 
cloudy overcast : as, a lowering sky. 
It will be foul weather to day; for the sky is red and 
lowring. Mat. xrl. 3. 
loweringly (lou'er-ing-li), adr. In a lowering 
manner ; with cloudiness or threatening gloom. 
lowermost (16'er -most), a. siwerl. [< linnr. 
compar. of toic 2 , + -most.] Lower than any 
other; being at the bottom; occupying the low- 
est place, as one of a number or series of things : 
opposed to uppermost: as, the lowermost stones 
in a foundation ; the lowermost stratum of a geo- 
logical formation. 
lowery, loury (lou'er-i, lou'ri), a. [< lowerl + 
-y 1 .] Cloudy; threatening: said of weather. 
[Colloq.] 
Low-German (16' jer'man), a. Or or pertaining 
to the language known as Low German (see 
German); also, in philol., applied to that class 
of tongues of which Low German is a member, 
and which includes in addition Dutch, Flemish, 
Friesic, Old Saxon, Anglo-Saxon, and English. 
lowing (16'ing), n. [< ME. lowynge; verbal n. 
of low 1 , t-.] The ordinary bellowing cry of 
cattle. 
Nor Is Osiris seen 
In Memphian grove or green, 
Trampling the unshower'd grass with lowing* loud. 
Milton, Nativity, st. 24. 
lowk 1 , v. t. See toufc 2 . 
lowk'-t, See louks. 
lowland (16'land), n. and a. I. n. [Sc. also lair- 
tiiiiil, lallan; = Sw. l&gland = Dan. lavland (cf. 
Laaland, the name of a Danish island); as IOH-- 
+ land 1 .] Land which is low with respect to the 
neighboring country; a low or level tract of 
land: most commonly used in the plural __ The 
Lowlands, a name applied specifically to the southern 
and eastern part of Scotland; also sometimes to other 
smaller regions, generally as a common noun. 
U. a. Of or pertaining to the Lowlands, or 
to a low or level country: as, Lowland Scotch; 
a lowland race; lowlund plants or animals. 
A Highland lad my lore was horn, 
The Lowland laws he held In scorn. 
Burns, Jolly Beggars, song Iv. 
Lowlander (16 ' Ian -der), M. An inhabitant of 
the Lowlands, especially of Scotland : opposed 
to Highlander. 
lowlihead (16'li-hed), n. [< ME. lowlyhede; < 
lately -f- -head.] Same as Jmrlihood. [Archaic.] 
The stately flower of female fortitude, 
Of perfect wlfehood, and pure Imrlihead. 
Tennyson, Isabel. 
lowlihoodt (16'li-hud), n. [< lowly + -hood.] 
The state of being lowly; meekness; humility. 
lowlily (16'li-li), adv. In a lowly manner; hum- 
bly. Johnson. 
low-line (16'lin), . The fisherman who catches 
the fewest fishes on a trip. Also low-liner. 
lowliness (lo'li-nes), n. 1. The state of being 
lowly in mind or disposition; freedom from 
pride; humility. 
In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. Phil. II. 3. 
And she hath turned from the pride of sin to the lowliness 
of truth. WhiOirr, The Vaiidois Teacher. 
2. Low state or condition ; abjectness ; mean- 
ness. [Rare.] 
The Imiiiimx of my fortune has not brought me to flat- 
ter vice. Drydrn. 
low-lived (16'livd), . 1. Leading a low or 
mean life; vulgar. 
She shall choose better company than such low-lined fel- 
lows as he. Goldsmith, Vicar, xili. 
2. Pertaining to or characteristic of low or vul- 
gar life : mean ; shabby : as. lotc-Ucrd manners : 
u loie-liffd trick. [Colloq.] 
loxarthrnu 
low-livingt, 'i. [MK. loirf-tyri/Hi/i.] Lowly. 
I n l"U-t lyuynye men the larke Is resembled, 
Ami to leelle and to lyf-holy that louen alle treuthe. 
Piers Plowman (C), xv. 188. 
lowly (16'li), a. [< ME. lovely; < toic'-i + -lyl.] 
1. .N ot high or elevated ; depressed in altitude, 
situation, or position ; lying or being low. 
As liHik-i the mother on her loirltj babe, 
When death doth close his tender loving eyes. 
Shot., 1 Hen. VI., ill. .:. 47. 
Where I fens glides along the lowly lands. 
Dryden, Jineid, vll. 1072. 
The flower of sweetest smell Is shy and lowly. 
Wordsworth, Sonnets, ii. 9. 
2. Not of a high order or degree; of humble rank 
or kind; hence, unpretending; rude; mean: as, 
a lowly swain ; a lowly cottage. 
These rural poems and their lowly strains. 
bnjden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, vl. 11. 
That Imperator, Cfesar, and Augustus, once titles low- 
lier than that of King, had now become, as they have since 
remained, titles far loftier. K. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 188. 
3. Humble in manner or spirit ; free from pride; 
modest; meek. 
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am meek 
and lowly in heart. Hat. xi. 29. 
= Syn. 3. Modest, resigned, submissive, mild, 
lowly (16'li), nrfr. [< ME. lonely; < lately, a.] 
1. In a humble manner or condition ; humbly ; 
meekly; modestly. 
Christ full luwly and meekely washed his disciples feet. 
Frith, Works, p. 98. 
Heaven is for thee too high 
To know what passes there ; be lowly wise. 
Milton, P. L., Till. 173. 
2. Without distinction or dignity; meanly. 
I will show myself highly fed and Irnrlu taught. 
Shot., All's Well, IL 2. 0. 
lowlyhedet, n. See lowlihead. 
low-ment (16'men), . pi. False dice so loaded ' 
as always to turn up low numbers. See fullam 
and li/iih-nini. 
low-minded (16'min'ded), a. Having a mind 
or spirit animated by no lofty or noble aspira- 
tions or thoughts ; groveling ; unaspiring ; cow- 
ardly; mean. 
lowmostt, a. stiperl. Lowermost ; lowest. 
lown 1 , . A variant of loonl. 
lown 2 (loun), a. [Also loan, and lownd, found; 
< Icel. logn, a calm.] Calm; low and shelter- 
ed; still; serene; tranquil: as, a lown place. 
[Scotch.] 
The night is wondrous lown. 
Sir Roland (Child^s Ballads, I. 224). 
low-necked (16'nekt), <?. Cut low in the neck, 
as a garment; decollete: applied particularly 
to a woman's dress cut low on the shoulders: 
opposed to high-needed. 
lowness (16'nes), n. [< ME. lownesse; < /<>'* 
+ -ness.] The state or quality of being low, in 
any sense of the word. 
lowpeH, '' An obsolete variant of lotiiA, lopt 1 . 
lowpe-t, n. An obsolete form of loopl. 
low-pressure (lo'presh'ur), a. Working with a 
low degree of steam-pressure : as, a low-pressun- 
engine. See low pressure, under pressure. 
lowreH, ' An obsolete form of towerl. 
Iowre 2 t, [Origin obscure.] Money. [Old 
cant.] 
U hat are they hut drunken Reggers? all that they beg 
being either Lowre or Bowse (money or drinke). 
DeUrer, English Villanies (16S2X sig. M. 
lowry't, n. [Cf. lorey, laurel.] Spurge-laurel. 
Cotgrave. 
lowry 2 (lou'ri), n.; pi. /oimes(-riz). [Cf. lorry.] 
An open railroad box-car. E. H. Knight. 
lowse't, n. An obsolete spelling of louse 1 . 
Iowse 2 t, f. An obsolete form of loose. 
low-spirited (16'spir'i-ted), a. Having low 
spirits; without animation and courage; de- 
jected; depressed; not livelyor sprightly. =syn. 
Dispirited, disheartened, discouraged, desponding, cast 
down, downhearted. 
low-spiritedness (16'spir'i-ted-nes),n. A state 
of depression ; dejection of mind, 
low-studded (16'stud'ed), a. Having low or 
short studs; built low: said of a house or room . 
lowtt, r. t. See lout-. 
lowth (16th), M. [< toir2 + -th. Cf. height.] 
It. Lowness. Becvn, Works, p. 272. 2. pi. 
Lowlands, ffulliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
low-warp (16'warp). a. Same as basse-lifsf. 
low-worm (16'werm), . [< line* (t) + worm.] 
In farriery, a disease of horses resembling 
shingles. 
Loxa bark. See fcrtri-2. 
loxarthrus (lok-siir'thrus), . [NL.,< Gr. /ofof, 
slanting, oblique (see hjria), + 6.f>0/iui>, a joint.] 
