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▪ I. † lowing, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. low v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of low v.1; descent; obeisance; humiliation, etc.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 508 He loueth in markettes ben met Wiþ..lowynge of lewed men. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ix. viii. (1495) y vj, Wynter bygynnyth whan the sonne is in..Capricornus, and is ende of discencyon and the lowynge of the sonne in y⊇ myddaye. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxvi, The nether clowde is downe puttyng and a lowenge of his euencristen.
▪ II. † lowing, vbl. n.2 Obs.
[f. low v.2 + -ing1.]
The action of low v.2; flaming.
c1440Promp. Parv. 315/2 Lowynge, or lemynge of fyyr, flammacio.
▪ III. † lowing, vbl. n.3 Obs.
[f. low v.3 + -ing1.]
The action of low v.3; concr. an allowance.
1533Burgh Rec. Edin. (1871) II. 64 And has na lowing to vphald the samyn..bot oure ouklie penny gaderyt amangis the brether of the said craft. 1607[see low v.3 2].
▪ IV. lowing, vbl. n.4|ˈləʊɪŋ|
[f. low v.4 + -ing1.]
The action of low v.4; the mooing of cattle; also transf.
a1225Leg. Kath. 144 Lowinge of þæt ahte, ludinge of þe men. c1440Promp. Parv. 315/2 Lowynge, or cryynge of nette, mugitus. 1579A. M[unday] Captiv. J. Fox in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 153 Amongst the Turkes was one..who..fell off from the toppe of the prison wall, and made such a lowing that the inhabitants..came and dawed him. 1610Shakes. Temp. iv. i. 179 Calfe-like, they my lowing follow'd. 1794Wordsw. Guilt & Sorrow lviii, Melancholy lowings intervene Of scattered herds. 1848Dickens Dombey v, Here Miss Nipper made a horrible lowing. 1876A. Laing Lindores Abb. etc. xxiv. 309 The blowing of his horn, and the lowing of his charge.
▪ V. lowing, ppl. a.1 Now dial.|ˈləʊɪŋ|
[f. low v.2 + -ing2.]
Burning, flaming, flashing.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 679 A lowande leder of ledez in londe hym wel semez. 1721Ramsay Horace to Virgil iii, Prometheus..staw A lowan coal frae heav'n's high ha'. 1785Burns Holy Fair xxii, A vast, unbottom'd, boundless pit, Fill'd fou o' lowin brunstane. 1852A. Robb Poems & Songs 123 Dearest, return The lowin' love I hae for you.
▪ VI. lowing, ppl. a.2|ˈləʊɪŋ|
[f. low v.4 + -ing2.]
That lows, as cattle do.
1382Wyclif Wisd. xvii. 18 The stronge vois of loowende bestes. 1616B. Jonson Forest, To Sir R. Wroth 16 'Mongst loughing heards. 1750Gray Elegy 2 The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea. 1882W. Worc. Gloss., (Proverbs) A lowing cow soon forgets her calf.
▪ VII. lowing
variant of loyn Obs. |