Lov"ing-kind"ness (?), n. Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.
Lov"ing*ly, adv. With love; affectionately.
Lov"ing*ness, n. Affection; kind regard.
The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness.
Sir. P. Sidney.
Lov"yer (?), n. A lover. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Low (?), obs. strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.
Low (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lowing.] [OE.
lowen, AS. hl&?;wan; akin to D. loeijen, OHG. hl&?;jan, 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, n. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine
animals.
Talking voices and the law of herds.
Wordsworth.
Low, n. [AS. hlw; 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 (?), n. [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.] Fire; a flame; a
light. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Low, v. i. To burn; to blaze. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
Low (?), a. [Compar. Lower (?); superl. Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah,
Icel. lgr; 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.