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<i>Skeat.</i>

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<hw>Low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>log</ets>, <ets>logi</ets>; akin to E. <ets>light</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Fire; a flame; a light.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

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<hw>Low</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To burn; to blaze.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Burns.</i>

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

<hw>Low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lower</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lowest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>low</ets>, <ets>louh</ets>, <ets>lah</ets>, Icel. <ets>l\'begr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>l</ets>\'86<ets>g</ets>, Dan. <ets>lav</ets>, D. <ets>laag</ets>, and E. <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> ground; a <ex>low</ex> flight.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not rising to the usual height; <as>as, a man of <ex>low</ex> stature; a <ex>low</ex> fence.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Near the horizon; <as>as, the sun is <ex>low</ex> at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> tide</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; <as>as, the <ex>low</ex> price of corn; <ex>low</ex> wages.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Not loud; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> voice; a <ex>low</ex> sound.</as></def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> pitch; a <ex>low</ex> note.</as></def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Phon.)</fld> <def>Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; <as>as, <?/ (<?/m), <?/ (all)</as>. See <i>Guide to Pronunciation</i>, &sect;&sect; 5, 10, 11.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Near, or not very distant from, the equator; <as>as, in the <ex>low</ex> northern latitudes</as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Numerically small; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> number</as>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> spirits; <ex>low</ex> in spirits.</as></def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>Depressed in condition; humble in rank; <as>as, men of <ex>low</ex> condition; the <ex>lower</ex> classes.</as></def>

<blockquote>Why but to keep ye <b>low</b> and ignorant ? <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>13.</b> <def>Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; <as>as, a person of <ex>low</ex> mind; a <ex>low</ex> trick or stratagem.</as></def>

<p><b>14.</b> <def>Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> comparison</as>.</def>

<blockquote>In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are <b>low</b> and dull. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>15.</b> <def>Submissive; humble.</def> "<i>Low</i> reverence."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>16.</b> <def>Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> pulse; made <ex>low</ex> by sickness.</as></def>

<p><b>17.</b> <def>Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; <as>as, <ex>low</ex> heat; a <ex>low</ex> temperature; a <ex>low</ex> fever.</as></def>