19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low
diet.
Low is often used in the formation of compounds which require no
special explanation; as, low-arched, low- browed, low-crowned,
low-heeled, low-lying, low-priced, low-roofed, low-toned, low- voiced,
and the like.
Low Church. See High Church, under High. -- Low Countries, the
Netherlands. -- Low German, Low Latin, etc. See under German, Latin,
etc. -- Low life, humble life. -- Low milling, a process of making
flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings. -- Low relief.
See Bas-relief. -- Low side window (Arch.), a peculiar form of window
common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort
are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in
many different situations in the building. -- Low spirits, despondency.
-- Low steam, steam having a low pressure. -- Low steel, steel which
contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened
greatly by sudden cooling. -- Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter;
-- popularly so called. -- Low tide, the farthest ebb of the tide; the
tide at its lowest point; low water. -- Low water. (a) The lowest point
of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc. (b) (Steam
Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the
boiler. -- Low water alarm or indicator (Steam Boiler), a contrivance
of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water
is low. -- Low water mark, that part of the shore to which the waters
recede when the tide is the lowest. Bouvier. - - Low wine, a liquor
containing about 20 percent of alcohol, produced by the first
distillation of wash; the first run of the still; -- often in the
plural.
Low, n. (Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest
trump dealt or drawn.
Low, adv. 1. In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near
the ground.
2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his
wheat low.