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<h1>Lovesome</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Love"some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>lufsum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Lovely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Loving</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lov"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Affectionate.</def>

<blockquote>The fairest and most <b>loving</b> wife in Greece. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Expressing love or kindness; <as>as, <ex>loving</ex> words</as>.</def>

<h1>Loving-kindness</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lov"ing-kind"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Tender regard; mercy; favor.</def>

<i>Ps. lxxxix. 33.</i>

<h1>Lovingly</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lov"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With love; affectionately.</def>

<h1>Lovingness</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lov"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Affection; kind regard.</def>

<blockquote>The only two bands of good will, loveliness and <b>lovingness</b>. <i>Sir. P. Sidney.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lovyer</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Lov"yer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lover.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Low</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>obs</tt><def>, <i>strong imp</i>. of <er>Laugh</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Low</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Lowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Lowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>lowen</ets>, AS. <ets>hl<?/wan</ets>; akin to D. <ets>loeijen</ets>, OHG. <ets>hl<?/jan</ets>, <ets>hluojan</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>lowing</b> herd wind slowly o'er the lea. <i>Gray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Low</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Low</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.</def>

<blockquote>Talking voices and the <b>law</b> of herds. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Low</h1> <Xpage=872>

<hw>Low</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>hl\'bew</ets>; akin to Goth. <ets>hlaiw</ets> a grave, <ets>hlains</ets> a hill, and to E. <ets>lean</ets> to incline.]</ety> <def>A hill; a mound; a grave.</def> <mark>[Obs. except in place names.]</mark>