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▪ I. ˈlouting, vbl. n. Obs. exc. arch.
[f. lout v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of lout v.1; bowing, cringing.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 7847 Þare es lowtyng and reverence. c1410Love Bonavent. Mirr. Sacr. Christ's Body (Gibbs MS.) lf. 124 Þe kyng with loutynge of hys heued..dyde reuerence. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Eph. Prol., Promotion obtained by..hipocritical lowting. 1683Chalkhill Thealma & Cl. 81 Their low lootings lift them a step higher. 1819Keats Let. to J. Taylor 23 Aug., Is this worth louting or playing the hypocrite for?
▪ II. ˈlouting, ppl. a.1
[f. lout v.1 + -ing2.]
Bowing down, deferential.
16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. iii. iv. 1389 Iustly to esteeme my verses lowting pitch. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xlii. (1632) 141 If he [a king] chance to be jealous or capricious, will our lowting-curtzies..bring him in tune againe? 1886Stevenson Kidnapped xv. (1888) 138 Our lowland beggars..had a louting, flattering way with them.
▪ III. † ˈlouting, ppl. a.2 Obs.
[f. lout v.2 + -ing2.]
That louts or skulks. In quot. absol.
a1325Names of Hare in Rel. Ant. I. 133 He shal saien on oreisoun In the worshipe of the hare..The louting, the westlokere.
▪ IV. louting, ppl. a.3|ˈlaʊtɪŋ|
[f. lout n.1 + -ing2.]
Acting like a lout, loafing.
1836W. Irving Astoria I. 11 A louting train of Indians, hanging about the establishment, eating and drinking at his expense. 1864Palgrave Norm. & Eng. IV. 28 Ejecting the lazy, louting, secular canons. |