Part 6671

<p><b>18.</b> <def>Smaller than is reasonable or probable; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> estimate</as>.</def>

<p><b>19.</b> <def>Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; <as>as, a <ex>low</ex> diet</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Low</i> is often used in the formation of compounds which require no special explanation; as, <i>low-</i>arched, <i>low-</i> browed, <i>low-</i>crowned, <i>low-</i>heeled, <i>low-</i>lying, <i>low-</i>priced, <i>low-</i>roofed, <i>low-</i>toned, <i>low-</i>voiced, and the like.</note>

<cs><col>Low Church</col>. <cd>See <cref>High Church</cref>, under <er>High</er>.</cd> -- <col>Low Countries</col>, <cd>the Netherlands.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Low German</col>, <col>Low Latin</col></mcol>, <cd>etc. See under <er>German</er>, <er>Latin</er>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Low life</col>, <cd>humble life.</cd> -- <col>Low milling</col>, <cd>a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.</cd> -- <col>Low relief</col>. <cd>See <er>Bas-relief</er>.</cd> -- <col>Low side window</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a peculiar form of window common in medi\'91val 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.</cd> -- <col>Low spirits</col>, <cd>despondency.</cd> -- <col>Low steam</col>, <cd>steam having a low pressure.</cd> -- <col>Low steel</col>, <cd>steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.</cd> -- <col>Low Sunday</col>, <cd>the Sunday next after Easter; -- popularly so called.</cd> -- <col>Low tide</col>, <cd>the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.</cd> -- <col>Low water</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld> <cd>The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Low water</col> <col>alarm &or; indicator</col></mcol> <fld>(Steam Boiler)</fld>, <cd>a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.</cd> -- <col>Low water mark</col>, <cd>that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest. <i>Bouvier</i>.</cd> -- <col>Low wine</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Low</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.</def>

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

<hw>Low</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; <as>as, he sold his wheat <ex>low</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In time approaching our own.</def>

<blockquote>In that part of the world which was first inhabited, even as <b>low</b> down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; <as>as, to speak <ex>low</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<blockquote>The . . . odorous wind Breathes <b>low</b> between the sunset and the moon. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>With a low musical pitch or tone.</def>

<blockquote>Can sing both high and <b>low</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; <as>as, to be brought <ex>low</ex> by oppression, by want, or by vice</as>.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; <as>as, the moon runs <ex>low</ex>, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian</as>.</def>

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<hw>Low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To depress; to lower.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

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<hw>Low"bell`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Low</ets> a flame + <ets>bell</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.</def>

<blockquote>The fowler's <b>lowbell</b> robs the lark of sleep. <i>King.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>lowbell</b> hung about a sheep's . . . neck. <i>Howell.</i></blockquote>