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▪ I. louring, lowering, vbl. n.|ˈlaʊərɪŋ|
[f. lour, lower v. + -ing1.]
The action of lour v., frowning, scowling, sullenness.
a1250Owl & Night. 423 Grucching and luring him both rade. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 35 There was neuer pees betwene hem, but euer glomyng, louring, and chiding. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. 34 Lette it be done withoute sadnes and louryng. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 486 b, Neither was Queene Elizabeth ever..afrayd of any her subjectes lowring or browbeating. 1665R. Brathwait Comment Two Tales 179 There was nothing there [at the bridal] but Pouting, Louring, and Cloudy Weather. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 180 These lourings of gloomy reflection.
▪ II. louring, lowering, ppl. a.|ˈlaʊərɪŋ|
[f. lour, lower v. + -ing2.]
1. Of persons († occas. of animals), their looks, etc.: Frowning, scowling; angry-looking, gloomy, sullen.
13..K. Alis. 525 Louryng semblaunt on hire he made. 1340Ayenb. 256 The lourinde chiere [to-þrauþ] þe wordes of the missiggere. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vi. 163 He lokeþ al louryng and ‘lordein’ hym calleþ. 1423Jas. I. Kingis Q. clxi, And quhilum In hir chiere thus a lyte Louring sche was. 1546Langley Pol. Verg. De Invent. vi. vii. 123 b, A lowring loke & a laughyng herte. c1550Cheke Matt. vi. (1843) 37 When ye fast be not lowring lijk hypocrijts. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 48 They call him [a bull]..fierce, valiant, and louring. 1641Milton Animadv. Wks. 1851 III. 186 To be angry, and..to cast a lowring smile. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 87 The Mother Cow must wear a low'ring Look. 1712Budgell Spect. No. 425 ⁋5 In his Look a louring Roughness. 1741Betterton Eng. Stage v. 66 A louring and dark Visage is the Index of Misery. 1819L. Hunt Indicator No. 4 (1822) I. 25 With eyes a little shut and lowering. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. iii. I. 400 The young candidate..was strictly interrogated by a synod of louring Supralapsarians. 1862J. Grant Capt. Guard xiv, ‘Foul!’ reiterated the Chancellor, with a louring brow and flashing eyes. 1888F. Hume Madame Midas i. Prol., The other did not take the slightest notice of his friend's lowering looks.
2. transf. Of the clouds, sky, weather, etc.: Gloomy, dark, threatening. Sometimes fig. of attendant circumstances. Occas. influenced by association with lowering ppl. a.
a1450Fysshynge w. Angle (1883) 20 Ye schall angle as y seyde be for in darke lowryng wedur. 1530Palsgr. 317/2 Lowring as the wether is, whan it is disposed to rayne, sombreux. a1548Hall Chron. Hen. VI 168 Iames Butler..seyng fortunes loweryng chaunce..with a great numbre fled away. 1579Twyne (title) Physicke against Fortune..as well in tyme of the bryght shynyng sunne of prosperitie, as also of the foule lowryng stormes of aduersitie. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 187 Nor euer write, regreete or reconcile This lowring tempest of your home-bred hate. 1611Bible Matt. xvi. 3 The skie is red and lowring. 1669Pepys Diary 1 May, And mighty earnest to go, though the day was very lowering. a1720Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 51 Our Climate is..perpetually cloudy, low'ring, and uncertain. 1746–7Hervey Medit. II. 36 Virtue gains Loveliness from a louring Providence. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) V. 1697 A storm came on, preceeded by a lowering darkness. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 814 So light displays its loveliest effect In lowering skies. 1821–2Praed Eve of Battle Poems (1864) II. 3 A lowering sound of doubt and fear Breaks sudden on the startled ear. 1873Black Pr. Thule i. 3 The black peaks were holding converse with the louring clouds. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. I. iii. 474 The calm or louring aspect of foreign affairs.
†b. Of liquor: Turbid. Obs.
1703Art & Myst. of Vintners 35 Sack that is lumpish or lowring.
†3. Lurking, skulking. Obs.
a1400Morte Arth. 1446 We lurkede undyr lee as lowrande wreches! 1575Gascoigne Pr. Pleas. Kenilw. (1821) 8, I..Have led a low'ring life in restless pain. 1583Leg. Bp. St. Androis 716 Nor it had bene ane hieland quow Lurcane and lowring, I wat not how.
Hence ˈlouringly, ˈloweringly adv., gloomily, sullenly, threateningly; ˈloweringness.
1530Palsgr. 241/1 Lowringnesse of the wether, sombrevseté. 1576Gascoigne Philomene (Arb.) 106 And now on hir, and then on him, Full lowringly did leare. 1680Aubrey Lives, Sir H. Blount (1898) I. 110 They..looked louringly on him. 1834M. Scott Cruise Midge xxiii. (1842) 477 The day broke very loweringly. 1872Daily News 12 Aug., The clouds come loweringly down to meet the mist. |