lowingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊɪŋ/

Forms: see low v.¹ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < low v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

The action of low v.¹; the sound made by this. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > roar or bellow > roaring

roaringeOE

lowingOE

i-gredea1250

romyinga1425

bellingc1440

blaringc1440

ruge?a1513

bellowing1552

mugiency1658

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > sound made by > making sound

lowingOE

routinga1425

bellowing1552

mowing1553

mooing1844

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 24 Balatus, hlowung.

lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 109 He..bebead þam hinde þæt hio hire earmen hlowunge geswice.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 51 Ha iherde..lowinde [c1225 Royal lowunge, a1250 Titus lowinge] of þet ahte, ludinge of þe men, gleowinde of euch gleo, to herien ant hersumin hare heaðene godes.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xc. 1241 [Monoceron] haþ heuy lowyng and oon horne..in þe myddil of þe forhed.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 315 Lowynge, or cryynge of nette, mugitus.

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. i i There is grountynge of pigges and swyne, With lowynge of oxen and kye.

?1579 Woorthie Enterprise I. Foxe in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 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.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 179 Calfe-like, they my lowing follow'd.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. xxiii. 193 The grievously plangorous howling and lowing of Devils.

1776 Farmer's Mag. July 133 The cow will often lie down and suddenly rise again, with a lowing through pain.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 38 Here Miss Nipper made a horrible lowing.

1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xxiv. 309 The blowing of his horn, and the lowing of his charge.

1929 Travel Jan. 28/1 The sounds of the freshly awakened Kashmiri countryside, the lowing of cattle, crowing of roosters, baaing of sheep, [etc.].

2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning vi. 42 The..anxious lowing as an unseen herd of cows is driven to milking.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lowingn.²

Brit.

/ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊɪŋ/

Forms: see low v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < low v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Now rare.

The action of low v.² (in various senses); lowering; (also) an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun]

avalingc1380

descendinga1382

downcominga1398

lowinga1398

descenta1413

descencec1425

descensionc1425

degression1486

downcomea1522

downstroke1551

decourse1585

vailinga1593

nod1597

delapsion1603

delapse1625

down1647

fall1647

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun]

bismerc893

humiliationc1386

lowinga1398

dejectionc1450

avale?a1513

depression?1531

embasing1551

abasement1561

debasement1593

mortification1598

exinanitiona1631

demissiona1638

dejectment1656

depressure1656

dismounting1677

letting down1827

take-down1858

snubbing1861

scoring1893

deflation1958

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying

kneelingc1200

louting1340

inclining?a1425

ducking1539

becking1542

lowingc1600

incurvation1607

couchinga1616

bowing1617

congeeing1622

curtsying1668

bingeing1805

salaaming1816

scraping1836

legging1871

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. viii. 527 Wintir biginneþ when þe sonne is in..Capricornus and is ende of dissencioun and þe lowynge of þe sonne in þe mydday.

1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. xxvi. sig. ni^v The nether clowde is downe puttyng & a lowenge of his euencristen.

a1525 (?1474) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 397 (MED) Also the sise of a Baker is vj d. highing and vj d. lowing in the prise of j quarter whete.

1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 19 I mak it knawin, for all ȝo^r lawin, I haif done as I may.

c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 568 He loueþ in markettes ben met wiþ..lowynge of lewed men.

1726 Dublin Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 289/2 The Accounts..that Sir John Jennings had Burnt several Spanish Ships at St. Andero, was Groundless, and formed with an ill Design for the lowing of the Stocks.

1997 Linguistica Uralica 33 278 When the unstressed vowels become even more unstressed, the change is seen as a lowing of the fundamental frequency in the ‘tonal type’ languages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lowingn.³

Brit.

/ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈloɪŋ/

Forms: see lowe v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lowe v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < lowe v. + -ing suffix¹.

rare (now Scottish).

The action of lowe v.; the result of this. Now only in to get one's lowing laid: to have one's passion quashed; to be thwarted in one's dreams or desires. Sc. National Dict. (at Low v.¹) records the phrase as still in use in Aberdeenshire and Kirkcudbrightshire in 1961.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > flaming or blazing

blazingc1440

lowing1440

flamingc1540

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 315 Lowynge, or lemynge of fyyr, flammacio.

1784 Caledonian Mercury 11 Oct. He'll get (by middling wi' sic fowk) His lowin laid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† lowingn.⁴

Forms: see 'low v.³ and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish 1800s loin.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: 'low v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < 'low v.³ + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2 compare note in etymology of 'low v.³

Obsolete.

1. Scottish and English regional (northern). An allowance, a supply. Also as a mass noun: the action of allowing or granting something.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance

allocate1438

allowance1440

liveringa1500

lowing1533

allocation1535

aliment1563

allowment1646

allowance money1700

appointmenta1715

1533 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 64 And has na lowing to vphald the samyn..bot oure ouklie penny gaderyt amangis the brether of the said craft.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Lowing, granting, an abbreviation of allowing.

1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. 158/1 Her guidman left her a gude loin.

2. Apparently: the action of estimating the value of land which is to be rented. Cf. love v.² 2a. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun]

lowing1607

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 9 (note) Tenants striuing in lowing and bidding, inhanceth fines and rents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

lowingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈloʊɪŋ/

Forms: see low v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < low v.¹ + -ing suffix².

Esp. of a cow or other bovine animal: that lows (low v.¹). Also of the sound made by such an animal: of the nature of a low.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that roars or bellows

lowingOE

roaringa1382

mugient1646

bellowing1847

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > that makes sound

lowingOE

routinga1609

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxviii. 514 Ic offrige mine lac þam ælmihtigan gode.., na hlowendra fearra flæsc oððe buccena blod.

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 34 Bombosa, hlowende, þutende.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvii. 18 The stronge vois of loowende bestes.

1592 A. Fraunce 3rd Pt. Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch f. 12 Io the lowing Cow frights Io the lasse, by the lowing.

1616 B. Jonson Forrest iii. 16 in Wks. I 'Mongst loughing heards.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Your lowing Heyfars, of their own accord, At wat'ring time will seek the neighb'ring Ford.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 55 Here lowing Bullocks raise their horned Head.

1751 T. Gray Elegy i. 6 The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea.

1808 T. O'Flanagan tr. Deirdri 197 The sable bird's harmonious note, The lowing hind of Cora's steep.

1840 J. S. Bushnan Ichthyology II. 30 Of the seal or sea-calf, we are told that it receives its name from its lowing cry.

1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words (Proverbs) A lowing cow soon forgets her calf.

1947 F. C. Slater Sel. Poems 85 The lowing cows plod kraalward with full udders.

2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up vi. 87 They reared their ugly heads over a lowing Holstein and mooed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lowingadj.²

Brit.

/ˈlaʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlaʊɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈlʌʊɪŋ/,

/ˈlʌʊɪn/

Forms: see lowe v. and -ing suffix²; also 1900s– loweing (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lowe v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < lowe v. + -ing suffix².

Scottish in later use.

Burning, blazing; glowing, gleaming; (frequently figurative in later use) full of passion or ardour.In quot. c1400 figurative: illustrious, brilliant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > of the nature of or resembling flame > flaming or blazing

lighteOE

burningc1000

blazingc1400

flamingc1400

flagranta1513

flammigerous1592

bright-burning1594

flameful1605

flamant1607

aflame1698

lowing1720

lunting1786

blazy1838

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 679 A lowande leder of ledeȝ in londe hym wel semeȝ.

1720 A. Ramsay Poems 350 Prometheus..staw A lowan Coal frae Heav'n's high Ha'.

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxii, in Poems 51 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, Fill'd fou o' lowan brunstane.

1823 J. Galt Entail III. iii. 28 I'll burn aff my right hand in the lowing fire, that I may ne'er be able to write the scrape o' a pen.

1852 A. Robb Poems & Songs Sc. Dial. 123 Dearest, return The lowin' love I hae for you.

a1877 W. Chisholm Poems (1879) 76 Altho' the nicht was wat an' cauld, Wi' lowin' heart he left the fauld.

1912 N. Munro Ayrshire Idylls 63 ‘That will I not!’ cried Mirren Weir, with a loweing eye.

2002 I. Sandison Tree Peerie Grice (SCOTS) He laanded i da hert o da lowin fire!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹OE

n.²a1398

n.³1440

n.⁴1533

adj.¹OE

adj.²c1400

单词	lowing
释义	lowingn.¹ Brit. /ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊɪŋ/ Forms: see low v.¹ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < low v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. The action of low v.¹; the sound made by this. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > roar or bellow > roaring roaringeOE lowingOE i-gredea1250 romyinga1425 bellingc1440 blaringc1440 ruge?a1513 bellowing1552 mugiency1658 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [noun] > sound made by > making sound lowingOE routinga1425 bellowing1552 mowing1553 mooing1844 OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 24 Balatus, hlowung. lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 109 He..bebead þam hinde þæt hio hire earmen hlowunge geswice. c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 51 Ha iherde..lowinde [c1225 Royal lowunge, a1250 Titus lowinge] of þet ahte, ludinge of þe men, gleowinde of euch gleo, to herien ant hersumin hare heaðene godes. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xc. 1241 [Monoceron] haþ heuy lowyng and oon horne..in þe myddil of þe forhed. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 315 Lowynge, or cryynge of nette, mugitus. 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. i i There is grountynge of pigges and swyne, With lowynge of oxen and kye. ?1579 Woorthie Enterprise I. Foxe in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 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. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) iv. i. 179 Calfe-like, they my lowing follow'd. View more context for this quotation 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. xxiii. 193 The grievously plangorous howling and lowing of Devils. 1776 Farmer's Mag. July 133 The cow will often lie down and suddenly rise again, with a lowing through pain. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) v. 38 Here Miss Nipper made a horrible lowing. 1876 A. Laing Lindores Abbey xxiv. 309 The blowing of his horn, and the lowing of his charge. 1929 Travel Jan. 28/1 The sounds of the freshly awakened Kashmiri countryside, the lowing of cattle, crowing of roosters, baaing of sheep, [etc.]. 2002 J. Cartwright White Lightning vi. 42 The..anxious lowing as an unseen herd of cows is driven to milking. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lowingn.² Brit. /ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊɪŋ/ Forms: see low v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < low v.² + -ing suffix¹. Now rare. The action of low v.² (in various senses); lowering; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] avalingc1380 descendinga1382 downcominga1398 lowinga1398 descenta1413 descencec1425 descensionc1425 degression1486 downcomea1522 downstroke1551 decourse1585 vailinga1593 nod1597 delapsion1603 delapse1625 down1647 fall1647 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] bismerc893 humiliationc1386 lowinga1398 dejectionc1450 avale?a1513 depression?1531 embasing1551 abasement1561 debasement1593 mortification1598 exinanitiona1631 demissiona1638 dejectment1656 depressure1656 dismounting1677 letting down1827 take-down1858 snubbing1861 scoring1893 deflation1958 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying kneelingc1200 louting1340 inclining?a1425 ducking1539 becking1542 lowingc1600 incurvation1607 couchinga1616 bowing1617 congeeing1622 curtsying1668 bingeing1805 salaaming1816 scraping1836 legging1871 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ix. viii. 527 Wintir biginneþ when þe sonne is in..Capricornus and is ende of dissencioun and þe lowynge of þe sonne in þe mydday. 1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. xxvi. sig. ni^v The nether clowde is downe puttyng & a lowenge of his euencristen. a1525 (?1474) Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 397 (MED) Also the sise of a Baker is vj d. highing and vj d. lowing in the prise of j quarter whete. 1568 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 19 I mak it knawin, for all ȝo^r lawin, I haif done as I may. c1600 (?c1395) Pierce Ploughman's Crede (Trin. Cambr. R.3.15) (1873) l. 568 He loueþ in markettes ben met wiþ..lowynge of lewed men. 1726 Dublin Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 289/2 The Accounts..that Sir John Jennings had Burnt several Spanish Ships at St. Andero, was Groundless, and formed with an ill Design for the lowing of the Stocks. 1997 Linguistica Uralica 33 278 When the unstressed vowels become even more unstressed, the change is seen as a lowing of the fundamental frequency in the ‘tonal type’ languages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lowingn.³ Brit. /ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈloɪŋ/ Forms: see lowe v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lowe v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < lowe v. + -ing suffix¹. rare (now Scottish). The action of lowe v.; the result of this. Now only in to get one's lowing laid: to have one's passion quashed; to be thwarted in one's dreams or desires. Sc. National Dict. (at Low v.¹) records the phrase as still in use in Aberdeenshire and Kirkcudbrightshire in 1961. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] > flame or blaze > flaming or blazing blazingc1440 lowing1440 flamingc1540 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 315 Lowynge, or lemynge of fyyr, flammacio. 1784 Caledonian Mercury 11 Oct. He'll get (by middling wi' sic fowk) His lowin laid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † lowingn.⁴ Forms: see 'low v.³ and -ing suffix¹; also Scottish 1800s loin. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: 'low v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < 'low v.³ + -ing suffix¹.With sense 2 compare note in etymology of 'low v.³ Obsolete. 1. Scottish and English regional (northern). An allowance, a supply. Also as a mass noun: the action of allowing or granting something. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > allowance allocate1438 allowance1440 liveringa1500 lowing1533 allocation1535 aliment1563 allowment1646 allowance money1700 appointmenta1715 1533 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1871) II. 64 And has na lowing to vphald the samyn..bot oure ouklie penny gaderyt amangis the brether of the said craft. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Lowing, granting, an abbreviation of allowing. 1887 D. Donaldson Jamieson's Sc. Dict. Suppl. 158/1 Her guidman left her a gude loin. 2. Apparently: the action of estimating the value of land which is to be rented. Cf. love v.² 2a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] lowing1607 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue i. 9 (note) Tenants striuing in lowing and bidding, inhanceth fines and rents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2021). lowingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈləʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈloʊɪŋ/ Forms: see low v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: low v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < low v.¹ + -ing suffix². Esp. of a cow or other bovine animal: that lows (low v.¹). Also of the sound made by such an animal: of the nature of a low. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [adjective] > that roars or bellows lowingOE roaringa1382 mugient1646 bellowing1847 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [adjective] > that makes sound lowingOE routinga1609 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) xxxviii. 514 Ic offrige mine lac þam ælmihtigan gode.., na hlowendra fearra flæsc oððe buccena blod. OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 34 Bombosa, hlowende, þutende. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. xvii. 18 The stronge vois of loowende bestes. 1592 A. Fraunce 3rd Pt. Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch f. 12 Io the lowing Cow frights Io the lasse, by the lowing. 1616 B. Jonson Forrest iii. 16 in Wks. I 'Mongst loughing heards. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 31 Your lowing Heyfars, of their own accord, At wat'ring time will seek the neighb'ring Ford. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 55 Here lowing Bullocks raise their horned Head. 1751 T. Gray Elegy i. 6 The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea. 1808 T. O'Flanagan tr. Deirdri 197 The sable bird's harmonious note, The lowing hind of Cora's steep. 1840 J. S. Bushnan Ichthyology II. 30 Of the seal or sea-calf, we are told that it receives its name from its lowing cry. 1882 E. L. Chamberlain Gloss. W. Worcs. Words (Proverbs) A lowing cow soon forgets her calf. 1947 F. C. Slater Sel. Poems 85 The lowing cows plod kraalward with full udders. 2003 K. Kuitenbrouwer Way Up vi. 87 They reared their ugly heads over a lowing Holstein and mooed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lowingadj.² Brit. /ˈlaʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlaʊɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈlʌʊɪŋ/, /ˈlʌʊɪn/ Forms: see lowe v. and -ing suffix²; also 1900s– loweing (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lowe v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < lowe v. + -ing suffix². Scottish in later use. Burning, blazing; glowing, gleaming; (frequently figurative in later use) full of passion or ardour.In quot. c1400 figurative: illustrious, brilliant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [adjective] > of the nature of or resembling flame > flaming or blazing lighteOE burningc1000 blazingc1400 flamingc1400 flagranta1513 flammigerous1592 bright-burning1594 flameful1605 flamant1607 aflame1698 lowing1720 lunting1786 blazy1838 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 679 A lowande leder of ledeȝ in londe hym wel semeȝ. 1720 A. Ramsay Poems 350 Prometheus..staw A lowan Coal frae Heav'n's high Ha'. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxii, in Poems 51 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, Fill'd fou o' lowan brunstane. 1823 J. Galt Entail III. iii. 28 I'll burn aff my right hand in the lowing fire, that I may ne'er be able to write the scrape o' a pen. 1852 A. Robb Poems & Songs Sc. Dial. 123 Dearest, return The lowin' love I hae for you. a1877 W. Chisholm Poems (1879) 76 Altho' the nicht was wat an' cauld, Wi' lowin' heart he left the fauld. 1912 N. Munro Ayrshire Idylls 63 ‘That will I not!’ cried Mirren Weir, with a loweing eye. 2002 I. Sandison Tree Peerie Grice (SCOTS) He laanded i da hert o da lowin fire! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹OEn.²a1398n.³1440n.⁴1533adj.¹OEadj.²c1400
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lowingn.²

lowingn.³

† lowingn.⁴

lowingadj.¹

lowingadj.²