Low
(Low) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Lowing.] [OE. lowen, AS. hlwan; akin to D.
loeijen, OHG. hljan, hluojan.] To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.
Gray. Low
(Low), n. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.
Talking voices and the law of herds.
Wordsworth. Low
(Low), n. [AS. hlaw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E. lean to incline.] A hill; a
mound; a grave. [Obs. except in place names.] Skeat.
Low
(Low) n. [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.] Fire; a flame; a light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Low
(Low), v. i. To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
Low
(Low) a. [Compar. Lower ; superl. Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. lagr; akin to Sw. låg,
Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]
1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something
else; as, low ground; a low flight.
2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.
3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.
4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.
5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low
price of corn; low wages.
6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.
7. (Mus.) Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.
8. (Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, a
&add See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 10, 11.
9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.
10. Numerically small; as, a low number.
11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.
12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.
Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ?
Milton. 13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.
14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as, a low comparison.
In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.
Felton. 15. Submissive; humble. "Low reverence." Milton.
16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.
