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5. To bring down; to humble; as, to lower one's pride .

6. To reduce in value, amount, etc. ; as, to lower the price of goods, the rate of interest, etc.

Lower <Xpage=872>

Low"er , v. i. To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose .

Lower <Xpage=872>

Low"er (?) , 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.

All the clouds that lowered upon our house. Shak.

2. To frown; to look sullen.

But sullen discontent sat lowering on her face. Dryden.

Lower <Xpage=872>

Low"er , n. [Obs.] 1. Cloudiness; gloominess.

2. A frowning; sullenness.

Lower-case <Xpage=872>

Low"er-case` (?) , a. (Print.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; -- used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals. See the Note under 1st Case , n. , 3.

Lowering <Xpage=872>

Low"er*ing (?) , a. Dark and threatening; gloomy; sullen; as, lowering clouds or sky .

Loweringly <Xpage=872>

Low"er*ing*ly , adv. In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

Lowermost <Xpage=872>

Low"er*most` (?) , a. [Irreg. superl . of Low . Cf. Uppermost , Foremost , etc.] Lowest.

Lowery <Xpage=872>

Low"er*y (?) , a. Cloudy; gloomy; lowering; as, a lowery sky; lowery weather.

Lowgh, Lowh <Xpage=872>

Lowgh (?) , Lowh , obs. strong imp. of Laugh . [Cf. 1st Low and 2d Lough .] <-- irregular format -->

Chaucer.

Lowing <Xpage=872>

Low"ing (?) , n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.

Lowish <Xpage=872>

Low"ish , a. Somewhat low. [Colloq.]

Richardson.

Lowk <Xpage=872>

Lowk (?) , n. See Louk . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Lowland <Xpage=872>

Low"land (?) , n. Land which is low with respect to the neighboring country; a low or level country; -- opposed to highland .

The Lowlands , Belgium and Holland; the Netherlands; also, the southern part of Scotland.

Lowlander <Xpage=872>

Low"land*er (?) , n. A native or inhabitant of the Lowlands, especially of the Lowlands of Scotland, as distinguished from Highlander .

Lowlihood, Lowlihead <Xpage=872>

Low"li*hood (?) , Low"li*head (?) , n. A lowly state. [R.]

Tennyson.

Lowlily <Xpage=872>

Low"li*ly , adv. In a lowly place or manner; humbly. [Obs. or R.]

Thinking lowlily of himself and highly of those better than himself. J. C. Shairp.

Lowliness <Xpage=872>

Low"li*ness , n. [From Lowly .] 1. The state or quality of being lowly; humility; humbleness of mind.

Walk . . . with all lowliness and meekness. Eph. iv. 1, 2.

2. Low condition, especially as to manner of life.

The lowliness of my fortune has not brought me to flatter vice. Dryden.

Low-lived <Xpage=872>

Low"-lived` (?) , a. Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty .

Lowly <Xpage=872>

Low"ly (?) , a. [ Compar. Lowlier (?) ; superl. Lowliest .] [ Low , a. + -ly .] 1. Not high; not elevated in place; low. " Lowly lands."

Dryden.

2. Low in rank or social importance.

One common right the great and lowly claims. Pope.

3. Not lofty or sublime; humble.

These rural poems, and their lowly strain. Dryden.

4. Having a low esteem of one's own worth; humble; meek; free from pride.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Matt. xi. 29.

Lowly <Xpage=872>

Low"ly , adv. 1. In a low manner; humbly; meekly; modestly. "Be lowly wise."

Milton.

2. In a low condition; meanly.

I will show myself highly fed, and lowly taught. Shak.

Low-minded <Xpage=872>

Low"-mind`ed (?) , a. Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

Low-minded and immoral. Macaulay.

All old religious jealousies were condemned as low-minded infirmities. Bancroft.

Low-mindedness <Xpage=872>

Low"-mind`ed*ness , n. The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.

Lown <Xpage=872>

Lown (?) , n. [See Loon .] A low fellow. [Obs.]

Low-necked <Xpage=872>

Low"-necked` (?) , a. Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.

Lowness <Xpage=872>

Low"ness , n. The state or quality of being low.

Low-pressure <Xpage=872>

Low"-pres`sure (?) , a. Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

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 Steam engine .

Lowry <Xpage=872>

Low"ry (?) , n. An open box car used on railroads. Compare Lorry .

Low-spirited <Xpage=872>

Low"-spir`it*ed (?) , a. Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

-- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness , n.

Low-studded <Xpage=872>

Low"-stud`ded (?) , a. Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room .

Low-thoughted <Xpage=872>

Low"-thought`ed (?) , a. Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

Loxodromic <Xpage=872>

Lox`o*drom"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ slanting, oblique + <?/ a running, course; cf. F. loxodromique .] Pertaining to sailing on rhumb lines; as, loxodromic tables .

Loxodromic curve &or; 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.

Loxodromics <Xpage=872>

Lox`o*drom"ics (?) , n. The art or method of sailing on the loxodromic or rhumb line.

Loxodremism <Xpage=872>

Lox*od"re*mism (?) , n. The act or process of tracing a loxodromic curve; the act of moving as if in a loxodromic curve.

Loxodromy <Xpage=872>

Lox*od"ro*my (?) , n. [Cf. F. loxodromic .] The science of loxodromics. [R.]

Loy <Xpage=872>

Loy (?) , n. A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

Loyal <Xpage=872>

Loy"al (?) , a. [F. loyal , OF. loial , leial , L. legalis , fr. lex , legis , law. See Legal , and cf. Leal .]

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.

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.

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.

Your true and loyal wife. Shak.

Unhappy both, but loyal their loves. Dryden.

Loyalist <Xpage=872>

Loy"al*ist , 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.

Loyally <Xpage=872>

Loy"al*ly , adv. In a loyal manner; faithfully.

Loyalness <Xpage=872>

Loy"al*ness , n. Loyalty. [R.]

Stow.

Loyally <Xpage=872>

Loy"al*ly (?) , n. [Cf. F. loyaute . See Loyal , and cf. Legality .] The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior, or to duty, love, etc.

He had such loyalty to the king as the law required. Clarendon.

Not withstanding all the subtle bait With which those Amazons his love still craved, To his one love his loyalty he saved. Spenser.

&hand; " 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 Allegiance .

Lozenge <Xpage=872>

Loz"enge (?) , n. [F. lozange , losange ; perh. the same as OF. losenge f flattery, praise, the heraldic sense being the oldest (cf. E. hatchment , blazon ). Cf. Losenger , Laudable .] 1. (Her.) (a) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil . (b) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

2. A figure with four equal sides, having two acute and two obtuse angles; a rhomb.

3. Anything in the form of lozenge.

4. A small cake of sugar and starch, flavored, and often medicated. -- originally in the form of a lozenge.

Lozenge coach , the coach of a dowager, having her coat of arms painted on a lozenge. [Obs.] Walpole . -- Lozenge-molding (Arch.) , a kind of molding, used in Norman architecture, characterized by lozenge-shaped ornaments.

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Lozenged, Lozenge-shaped <Xpage=873>

Loz"enged (?) , Loz"enge-shaped` (?) , a. Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb.

The lozenged panes of a very small latticed window. C. Bront\'82.

Lozengy <Xpage=873>

Loz"en*gy (?) , a. [F. losang\'82 . See Lozenge .] (Her.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister.

Lu <Xpage=873>

Lu (?) , n. & v. t. See Loo .

Lubbard <Xpage=873>

Lub"bard (?) , n. [See Lubber .] A lubber. [Obs.]

Swift.

Lubbard <Xpage=873>

Lub"bard , a. Lubberly.

Lubber <Xpage=873>

Lub"ber (?) , n. [Cf. dial. Sw. lubber . See Looby , Lob .] A heavy, clumsy, or awkward fellow; a sturdy drone; a clown.

Lingering lubbers lose many a penny. Tusser.

Land lubber , a name given in contempt by sailors to a person who lives on land. -- Lubber grasshopper (Zo\'94l.) , a large, stout, clumsy grasshopper; esp., Brachystola magna , from the Rocky Mountain plains, and Romalea microptera , which is injurious to orange trees in Florida. -- Lubber's hole (Naut.) , a hole in the floor of the "top," next the mast, through which sailors may go aloft without going over the rim by the futtock shrouds. It is considered by seamen as only fit to be used by lubbers. Totten . -- Lubber's line , point , &or; mark , a line or point in the compass case indicating the head of the ship, and consequently the course which the ship is steering.

Lubberly <Xpage=873>

Lub"ber*ly , a. Like a lubber; clumsy.

A great lubberly boy. Shak.

Lubberly <Xpage=873>

Lub"ber*ly , adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.

Dryden.

Lubric, Lubrical <Xpage=873>

Lu"bric (?) , Lu"bric*al (?) , a. [L. lubricus : cf. F. lubrique .] 1. Having a smooth surface; slippery. [R.]

2. Lascivious; wanton; lewd. [R.]

This lubric and adulterate age. Dryden.

Lubricant <Xpage=873>

Lu"bri*cant (?) , a. [L. lubricans , p. pr. of lubricare , See Lubricate .] Lubricating.

Lubricant <Xpage=873>

Lu"bri*cant , n. That which lubricates; specifically, a substance, as oil, grease, plumbago, etc., used for reducing the friction of the working parts of machinery.

Lubricate <Xpage=873>

Lu"bri*cate (?) , v. t. [L. lubricatus , p. p. of lubricare to lubricate. See Lubric .] 1. To make smooth or slippery; as, mucilaginous and saponaceous remedies lubricate the parts to which they are applied .

S. Sharp.

Supples, lubricates , and keeps in play, The various movements of this nice machine. Young.

2. To apply a lubricant to, as oil or tallow.

Lubrication <Xpage=873>

Lu`bri*ca"tion (?) , n. The act of lubricating; the act of making slippery.

Lubricator <Xpage=873>

Lu"bri*ca`tor (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, lubricates. " Lubricator of the fibers."

Burke.

2. A contrivance, as an oil cup, for supplying a lubricant to machinery.

Lubricitate <Xpage=873>

Lu*bric"i*tate (?) , v. i. See Lubricate .

Lubricity <Xpage=873>

Lu*bric"i*ty (?) , n. [L. lubricitas : cf. F. lubricit\'82 .]

1. Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil .

Ray.

2. Slipperiness; instability; as, the lubricity of fortune .

L'Estrange.

3. Lasciviousness; propensity to lewdness; lewdness; lechery; incontinency.

Sir T. Herbert.

As if wantonness and lubricity were essential to that poem. Dryden.

Lubricous <Xpage=873>

Lu"bri*cous (?) , a. [L. lubricus .] Lubric.

Lubrification, Lubrifaction <Xpage=873>

Lu`bri*fi*ca"tion (?) , Lu`bri*fac"tion (?) , n. [L. lubricus lubric + facere to make.] The act of lubricating, or making smooth.

Ray. Bacon.

Lucarne <Xpage=873>

Lu`carne" (?) , n. [F., fr. L. lucerna a lamp. See Luthern .] (Arch.) A dormer window.

Lucchese <Xpage=873>

Luc*chese" (?) , n. sing. & pl. [It. Lucchese .] A native or inhabitant of Lucca, in Tuscany; in the plural, the people of Lucca.

Luce <Xpage=873>

Luce (?) , n. [OF. lus , L. lucius a kind of fish.] (Zo\'94l.) A pike when full grown.

Halliwell.

Lucency <Xpage=873>

Lu"cen*cy (?) , n. The quality of being lucent.

Lucent <Xpage=873>

Lu"cent (?) , a. [L. lucens , p. pr. of lucere to shine, fr. lux , lucis , light.] Shining; bright; resplendent. " The sun's lucent orb."

Milton.

Lucern <Xpage=873>

Lu"cern (?) , n. [Etymology uncertain.] [Obs.]

1. A sort of hunting dog; -- perhaps from Lucerne , in Switzerland.

My lucerns , too, or dogs inured to hunt Beasts of most rapine. Chapman.

2. An animal whose fur was formerly much in req<?/est (by some supposed to be the lynx). [Written also lusern and luzern .]

The polecat, mastern, and the richskinned lucern I know to chase. Beau. & Fl.

Lucern <Xpage=873>

Lu"cern , n. [F. luzerne .] (Bot.) A leguminous plant ( Medicago sativa ), having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, cultivated for fodder; -- called also alfalfa . [Written also lucerne .]

Lucern <Xpage=873>

Lu"cern , n. [L. lucerna .] A lamp. [Obs.]

Lydgate.

Lucernal <Xpage=873>

Lu*cer"nal (?) , a. [L. lucerna a lamp.] Of or pertaining to a lamp.

Lucernal microscope , a form of the microscope in which the object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the instrument, or on a screen independent of it.

Lucernaria <Xpage=873>

Lu`cer*na"ri*a (?) , n. [NL., fr. L. lucerna a lamp.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of acalephs, having a bell-shaped body with eight groups of short tentacles around the margin. It attaches itself by a sucker at the base of the pedicel.

Lucernarian <Xpage=873>

Lu`cer*na"ri*an (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Lucernarida. -- n. One of the Lucernarida.

lucernarida <Xpage=873>

lu`cer*nar"i*da (?) , n. pl. [NL. See Lucernaria .] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A division of acalephs, including Lucernaria and allied genera; -- called also Calycozoa . (b) A more extensive group of acalephs, including both the true lucernarida and the Discophora.

Lucerne <Xpage=873>

Lu"cerne (?) , n. (Bot.) See Lucern , the plant.

Lucid <Xpage=873>

Lu"cid (?) , a. [L. lucidus , fr. lux , lucis , light. See Light , n. ] 1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven .

Lucid , like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton.

A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.

2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams."

Milton.

3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.

A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. Macaulay.

4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval .

Syn. -- Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous .

Lucidity <Xpage=873>

Lu*cid"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. lucidit\'82 . See Lucid .] The quality or state of being lucid.

Lucidly <Xpage=873>

Lu"cid*ly (?) , adv. In a lucid manner.

Lucidness <Xpage=873>

Lu"cid*ness , n. The quality of being lucid; lucidity.

Lucifer <Xpage=873>

Lu"ci*fer (?) , n. [L., bringing light, n. , the morning star, fr. lux , lucis , light + ferre to bring.]

1. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; -- applied in Isaiah by a metaphor to a king of Babylon.

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer , son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations ! Is. xiv. 12.