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{ Lover (l�vẽr), Lovery (l�vẽr�), } n. See . [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Loverwise (lŭvẽrwīz), adv. As lovers do.
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As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
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Love-sick (?), a. 1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid.
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To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden.
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2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
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Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing. Dryden.
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Love-sickness, n. The state of being love-sick.
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Lovesome (?), a. [AS. lufsum.] Lovely. [Obs.]
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lovesong, love song n. a song about love or expressing love for another person.
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love-token n. something given as a token of love.
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Loving (?), a. 1. Affectionate.
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The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson.
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2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.
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Loving cup. 1. A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.
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2. an award resembling a {1} that is given to the winner of a competition.
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Loving-kindness (?), n. Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.
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Lovingly, adv. With love; affectionately.
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Lovingness, n. Affection; kind regard.
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The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. Sir. P. Sidney.
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Lovyer (?), n. A lover. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Low (?), obs. strong imp. of . Chaucer.
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Low (lō), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowed (lōd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowing.] [OE. lowen, AS. hlōwan; akin to D. loeijen, OHG. hlōjan, hluojan.] To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
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The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.
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Low, n. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
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Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.
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Low, n. [AS. hlāw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E. lean to incline.] A hill; a mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] Skeat.
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Low (lō; Scot. lou), n. [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.] Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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Low, v. i. To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
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Low (lō), a. [Compar. Lower (lōẽr); superl. Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. lāgr; akin to Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See to be prostrate.]
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1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.
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2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
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3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
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4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
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5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
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6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
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7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
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8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ă (ăm), � (�ll). See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.
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9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
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10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
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11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
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12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
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Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ? Milton.
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13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
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14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison.
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In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull. Felton.
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15. Submissive; humble. “Low reverence.” Milton.
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16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
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17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.
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18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
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19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.
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☞ Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, low-arched, low-browed, low-crowned, low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low-voiced, and the like.
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Coloq. Low Church . See High Church, under . -- Coloq. Low Countries , the Netherlands. -- Coloq. Low German , Coloq. Low Latin , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Low life , humble life. -- Coloq. Low milling , a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. -- Coloq. Low relief . See . -- Coloq. Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building. -- Coloq. Low spirits , despondency. -- Coloq. Low steam , steam having a low pressure. -- Coloq. Low steel , steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling. -- Coloq. Low Sunday , the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called. -- Coloq. Low tide , the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water. -- Coloq. Low water . (a) The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler. -- Coloq. Low water alarm or Coloq. Low water indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low. -- Coloq. Low water mark , that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier. -- Coloq. Low wine , a liquor containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the plural.
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Low, n. (Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
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Low, adv. 1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
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2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.
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3. In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.
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4. In time approaching our own.
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In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. Locke.
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5. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low. Addison.
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The . . . odorous wind
Breathes low between the sunset and the moon. Tennyson.
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6. With a low musical pitch or tone.
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Can sing both high and low. Shak.
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7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser.
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8. (Astron.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
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Low (?), v. t. To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.
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lowan n. The Australian moundbird (Leipoa ocellata); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
Syn. -- mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata.
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lowball n. A poker game in which the lowest-ranking hand wins.
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lowball v. t. to give a deceptively low estimate of the price of (merchandise or services); -- a sales tactic to induce a person to buy.
Syn. -- underestimate.
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Lowbell (?), n. [Low a flame + bell.] 1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.
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The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.
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2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.
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A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.
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Lowbell, v. t. To frighten, as with a lowbell.
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Lowborn (?), a. Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.
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Lowboy (?), n. A chest of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed. [U. S.]
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Lowbred (?), a. Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.
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low-cal adj. having relatively few calories.
Syn. -- diet(prenominal), lite, low-calorie.
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low-ceilinged adj. having a lower than normal ceiling.
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Low-church (?), a. Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under .
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Low-churchism (?), n. The principles of the low-church party.
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Low-churchman (?), n.; pl. -men (�). One who holds low-church principles.
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Low-churchmanship, n. The state of being a low-churchman.
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low-class adj. 1. Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society. Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class. [Narrower terms: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class, blue-collar] Also See: , , .
Syn. -- lower-class (vs. upper-class).
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2. characteristic of the lower classes. [Narrower terms: non-U, vulgar] PJC]

low-cost adj. inexpensive; cheap. Opposite of expensive.
Syn. -- inexpensive, low-priced.
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low-cut adj. 1. having a neckline low enough to expose part of the breast; -- of a woman's garment; as, a low-cut party dress.
Syn. -- decollete, low-necked.
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2. having a back exposing skin between the shoulder blades.
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lowdown, low-down n. true confidential information.
Syn. -- details, dope, poop, inside dope, inside information.
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lowdown, low-down a. of the most contemptible kind; contemptible; mean; base; vile; -- of people or the actions of people; as, a lowdown sneak thief.
Syn. -- abject, base, despicable, low, lowdown, miserable, vile.
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2. having the soulful feeling of early blues; -- of jazz.
Syn. -- funky.
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low-emission adj. producing little emission of atmospheric pollutants; as, a low-emission vehicle.
Syn. -- low-polluting.
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Lower (?), a. Compar. of , a.
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Lower, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [From , a.] 1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag.
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Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave. Tennyson.
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2. To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret.
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3. To depress as to direction; as, to lower the aim of a gun; to make less elevated as to object; as, to lower one's ambition, aspirations, or hopes.
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4. To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of; as, to lower the temperature of anything; to lower one's vitality; to lower distilled liquors.
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5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride.
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6. To reduce in value, amount, etc.; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.
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Lower, v. i. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose.
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Lower (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowering.] [OE. lowren, luren; cf. D. loeren, LG. luren. G. lauern to lurk, to be on the watch, and E. leer, lurk.] 1. To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
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All the clouds that lowered upon our house. Shak.
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2. To frown; to look sullen.
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But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. Dryden.
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Lower, n. [Obs.] 1. Cloudiness; gloominess.
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2. A frowning; sullenness.
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adj. 1. relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case. Also See , .
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lowercase, Lower-case (?), a. (Print.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals; as, lowercase letters a and b and c etc.. Contrasted with uppercase. See the Note under 1st , n., 3.
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lower-class adj. same as . Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class.
Syn. -- low-class.
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lowerclassman n. an undergraduate who is not yet a senior.
Syn. -- underclassman.
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lowered adj. pointed downward; as, with lowered eyes. Opposite of raised.
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Lowering (?), a. Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky.
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Loweringly, adv. In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
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lower limit, lower-limit n. the limit on the lower (or southernmost) side of something.
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lower-middle-class adj. occupying the lower part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society.
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Lowermost (?), a. [Irreg. superl. of . Cf. , , etc.] Lowest.
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lower-ranking adj. inferior in rank or status.
Syn. -- junior-grade, inferior, lower, lowly, petty(prenominal), secondary, subaltern, subordinate.
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Lowery (?), a. Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.
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{ Lowgh (?), Lowh }, obs. strong imp. of . [Cf. 1st Low and 2d .] Chaucer.
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low-grade adj. inferior; as, low-grade ore. Opposite of high-grade.
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Lowing (?), n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
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Lowish, a. Somewhat low. [Colloq.] Richardson.
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Lowk (?), n. See . [Obs.] Chaucer.
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low-key low-keyed adj. restrained in style or quality; not flashy or intense; understated; as, a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence.
Syn. -- subdued.
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Lowland (?), n. Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland.
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Coloq. The Lowlands , Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.
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Lowlander (?), n. A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander.
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low-level adj. 1. weak; not intense; as, low-level radiation.
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2. lower in rank or importance. [Narrower terms: adjunct, assistant; associate(prenominal) ; buck ; deputy(prenominal), proxy(prenominal) ; subject, dependent ; subservient ] [Narrower terms: under(prenominal) ; ruled ; secondary ] Also See , s . Antonym: dominant.
Syn. -- subordinate.
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3. at a low level in rank or importance; as, a low-level job; low-level discussions.
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4. occurring at a relatively low altitude; as, a low-level strafing run; low-level bombing.
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{ Lowlihood (?), Lowlihead (?), } n. A lowly state. [R.] Tennyson.
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Lowlily, adv. In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]
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Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. J. C. Shairp.
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Lowliness, n. [From .] 1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.
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Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.
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2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.
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The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. Dryden.
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Low-lived (?), a. Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean; dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.
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Lowly (?), a. [Compar. Lowlier (?); superl. Lowliest.] [Low, a. + -ly.] 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. “Lowly lands.” Dryden.
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2. Low in rank or social importance.
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One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.
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3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.
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These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.
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4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.
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Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matt. xi. 29.
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Lowly, adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. “Be lowly wise.” Milton.
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2. In a low condition; meanly.
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I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.
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low-lying adj. 1. having a small elevation above the ground or horizon or sea level; as, low-lying clouds.
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2. at a low elevation above sea level.
Syn. -- sea-level.
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Low-minded (?), a. Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
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Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.
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All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.
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Low-mindedness, n. The quality of being low-minded; meanness; baseness.
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Lown (?), n. [See .] A low fellow. [Obs.]
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Low-necked (?), a. Cut low in the neck; decollete; low-cut; -- said of a woman's dress.
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Lowness, n. The state or quality of being low.
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low-pitched adj. 1. low in pitch or frequency; -- used of sounds and voices. Opposite of high-pitched. [Narrower terms: alto, contralto ; baritone ; bass, deep ; contrabass, double-bass ; throaty ]
Syn. -- low.
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2. set at a low angle or slant; having a low degree of pitch; as, a low-pitched roof.
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low-polluting adj. producing little pollution, especially air pollution; as, a low-polluting electric car.
Syn. -- low-emission.
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Low-pressure (?), a. 1. Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
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2. same as , 4; as, a low-pressure salesman.
Syn. -- easygoing.
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Coloq. Low-pressure steam engine , a steam engine in which low steam is used; often applied to a condensing engine even when steam at high pressure is used. See .
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low-priced adj. same as .
Syn. -- inexpensive, low-cost.
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low-resolution adj. producing images that are not sharply defined; -- of optical instruments or image display devices. Opposite of high-resolution.
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low-rise adj. Lower than the highest heights; -- used of buildings of one or only a few stories; as, a low-rise apartment building. [Narrower terms: three-story, three-storied, three-storey, three-storeyed] high-rise
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Lowry (?), n. An open box car used on railroads. Compare .
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low-set adj. short and thick; especially having short legs and heavy musculature; -- of people.
Syn. -- chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, stubby, stumpy, stocky.
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Low-spirited (?), a. Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; dispirited; not sprightly.
Syn. -- depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, low.
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-- Low-spiritedness, n.
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Low steel. See under .
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Low-studded (?), a. Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.
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low-sudsing adj. causing little foam to form; -- used of e.g. detergents. Contrasted with high-sudsing.
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low-tech adj. not involving high technology; using long-established technology. Opposite of high-tech.
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low-tension adj. (Elecricity) subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage. Contrasted with high-tension.
Syn. -- low-voltage.
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Low-thoughted (?), a. Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.
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low-toned adj. relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound; as, making low-toned noises with their mouths that went as an undercurrent of sound. Opposite of loud.
Syn. -- low, subdued, soft.
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low-voltage adj. 1. (Electricity) subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage, usually considered as no greater than 250 volts. Contrasted with high-voltage.
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low-warp loom, low warp loom n. a hand loom in which the warp is carried horizontally; for weaving tapestry.
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Loxodromic (?), a. [Gr. � slanting, oblique + � a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique.] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables.
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Coloq. Loxodromic curve or Coloq. Loxodromic line (Geom.), a line on the surface of a sphere, which always makes an equal angle with every meridian; the rhumb line. It is the line on which a ship sails when her course is always in the direction of one and the same point of the compass.
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Loxodromics (?), n. The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.
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Loxodromism (?), n. The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.
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Loxodromy (?), n. [Cf. F. loxodromic.] The science of loxodromics. [R.]
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Loy (?), n. A long, narrow spade for stony lands.
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Loyal (?), a. [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law. See , and cf. .]
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1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
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Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ? --
To help King Edward in his time of storm,
As every loyal subject ought to do. Shak.
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2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.
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Your true and loyal wife. Shak.
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Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. Dryden.
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Loyalist, n. A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of revolt or revolution.
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Loyally, adv. In a loyal manner; faithfully.
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Loyalness, n. Loyalty. [R.] Stow.
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Loyalty (?), n. [Cf. F. loyauté. See , and cf. .] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.
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He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon.
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Not withstanding all the subtle bait
With which those Amazons his love still craved,
To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser.
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☞ “Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which one owes according to law, and does not necessarily include that attachment to the royal person, which, happily, we in England have been able further to throw into the word.” Trench.

Syn. -- Allegiance; fealty. See .
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Lozenge (lŏzĕnj), n. [F. lozange, losange; perh. the same as OF. losengef flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. E. hatchment, blazon). Cf. , .] 1. (Her.) (a) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. . (b) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.
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2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.
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3. Anything in the form of lozenge.
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4. Specifically: A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.
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Coloq. Lozenge coach , the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge. [Obs.] Walpole. -- Coloq. Lozenge-molding (Arch.), a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.
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