LOWING
Verb
lowing
present participle of low
Noun
lowing (plural lowings)
The sound of something that lows.
Anagrams
• glowin', owling
Source: Wiktionary
Low"ing, n.
Definition: The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
LOW
Low, obs
Definition: , strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.
Low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowing.] Etym: [OE.
lowen, AS. hl; akin to D. loeijen, OHG. hl, hluojan.]
Definition: To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to
moo.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.
Low, n.
Definition: The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine
animals.
Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.
Low, n. Etym: [AS. hlaw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill,
and to E. lean to incline.]
Definition: A hill; a mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] Skeat.
Low, n. Etym: [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.]
Definition: Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Low, v. i.
Definition: To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
Low, a. [Compar. Lower; superl. Lowest.] Etym: [OE. low, louh, lah,
Icel. lagr; akin to Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie
to be prostrate.]
1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated;
depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low
flight.
2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low
fence.
3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter,
and six in summer.
4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary
value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.
6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
7. (Mus.)
Definition: Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low
note.
8. (Phon.)
Definition: Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in
relation to the palate; as, . See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10,
11.
9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low
northern latitudes.
10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low
spirits; low in spirits.
12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition;
the lower classes.
Why but to keep ye low and ignorant Milton.
13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low
trick or stratagem.
14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low
comparison.
In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the
heathen world are low and dull. Felton.
15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." Milton.
16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made
low by sickness.
17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low
temperature; a low fever.
18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.
19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low
diet.
Note: 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. Low Church. See High Church, under High.
– Low Countries, the Netherlands.
– Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin, etc.
– Low life, humble life.
– Low milling, a process of making flour from grain by a single
grinding and by siftings.
– Low relief. See Bas-relief.
– 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.
– Low spirits, despondency.
– Low steam, steam having a low pressure.
– Low steel, steel which contains only a small proportion of
carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.
– Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called.
– Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest
point; low water.
– 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.
– Low water alarm or indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance of
various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water
is low.
– Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters recede
when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier.
– 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.
Low, n. (Card Playing)
Definition: The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or
drawn.
Low, adv.
1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the
ground.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold
his wheat low.
3. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
4. In time approaching our own.
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.
5. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.
Addison.
The . . . odorous wind Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.
Tennyson.
6. With a low musical pitch or tone.
Can sing both high and low. Shak.
7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by
oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser.
8. (Astron.)
Definition: 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.
Low, v. t.
Definition: To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition