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Show LO LO The low'ring fpring, with lavith rain Beats down the flender ftem and bearded grain Dryden When the heavens are filled with clouds, and al I withdra a /swering countenance nature wear h a l t l He did bend to u r v ‘ i t l f r p abroad: we of ou a t m . 9 1 a lowly and fubmiffive ma o f l o him we fhould receiv Bagon t ' l f e t i c Wit myfelf from thefe uncomfortable fcenes. Addifon "The dawn is overcaft, the morning /w'rs And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addifon The n dré ce fle the d clo fha day nt tw c Tw ay charges even hi lowly a reverenc fore_ fo excellen much fuperior t 1f on Swithin's feaft the welkin /ours And ev'ry penthoufe ftreams with hafty fhow'rs le fu lo t po t w fr 2. T There was Diana when Aét@on faw her, an one of her foolifh nymphs, who weeping, and witha lowering, one might fee the workman meant to fe Sidney forth tears of anger He mounts the throne, and Juno took her place But fullen difcontent fat /zo'ring on her face Then impotent of tongue, her filence broke "Thus turbulent in rattling tone fhe {poke. Dryden Lo'wER. #. /. [from the verb. 1. Cloudinefs ; gloominefs 2. Cloudinefs of look Philoclea was jealous for Zelmane, not without fo mighty a lawer as that face could yield Sidney Lo''WERINGLY. adv. [from Jower.] Wit cloudinefs; gloomily Lo'werMOST. adj. [from Jow, Jower, an moft.] Loweft Plants have their feminal parts uppermoft, livin creatures have them lavermyft. Bacon's Nat. Hift It will alfo happen, that the fame part of th pipe which was now lszvermoff, will prefently become higher, fo that the water does afcend by defcending afcendin in comparifo to the whol and defcending in refpect of its fevera inftrument Wilkins parts Lo'wranp. # Jf. [low and Jand.] Th country that is low in refpe&t of neighbouring hills; the marfh What a devil is he His errand was to draw the /ozv/and damps And noifome vapours, from the foggy fens Then breathe the baleful ftench with all his force Dryden Wo nat'ral caufe fhe found from brooks or bogs Or marthy lowwlands, to produce the fogs, Dryden Lo'wLiry. adv. [from lowly. 1. Humbly ; without pride 2. Meanly ; without dignity Lo'wLinEess. #. /. [from lowly. 1. Humility ; freedom from pride Lowlinefs is young ambition's ladder Whereto the climber upward turns his face. Shake/ The king-becoming graces As juftice, verity, temp'rance, ftablenefs Bounty, perfev'rance, mercy, lowlinefs Shakefpeare's Macketh Eve With Zoewlinefs majeftick, from her feat And grace, that won who faw to with her ftay Milton's Paradife Loft Rofe If with a true Chriftian /ow/inefs of heart, and devout fervency of foul, we perform them, w fhall find that they will turn to a greater accoun to us, than all the warlike preparations in which w truft 2. Meannefs depreflion. Atterbury wan of dignity abjec angels wit muft we bo a Being, an our own Dryden his fight, and h folly; with ho down our fouls beadore a Nature f Rogers t e g n 2. Mean mes right the great and lowly claims Pope One commo For all who read, and reading not difdain i r f l z l e t a s e p r r Thef e y D fe a f b r f i of r V o m n Th Lo'wry. adv. [from Jow. 1. Not highly; meanly ; without grandeur; without dignity fhe highl myfel /lwl an fed taught; I know my bufinefs is but to the court Shakefpeare >Tis better to be lowly born And range with humble livers in content Than to be perk'd up ina glift'ring grief Shake/s Henry VIIL And wear a golden forrow 2. Humbly; meekly modeftly Heav'n is for thee too hig Think only what concerns thee, and thy being Milton Another crow Preferr'd the fame requeft, and /ozvly bow'd. Pope Lown. #. /. [liun, Iriths loen, Dutch A fcoundrel; a rafcal Not in ufe fion between the two houfes of Lancafter and Yor Spener arofe The logvlingfs of my fortune has not brought m to futter vice; it is my duty to give teftimony t virtue Dryden Lo'wry. adj. [from low. meek ; mild Take my yoke upon you, andlearn of me; fo ¥ am meck and /owly in heart Matts i 29 And therefore call'd the taylor-Jowwn Having the thoughts with-held %ro' fublime or heavenly meditations ; g, Sbakej:beare They kno By th® height, the lozwnzfs, or the mean, if deart Shakefp. Ant. and Clespatra Or foizon follow The lwnefs of the bough where the frui cometh, maketh the fruit greater, and to ripe better; for you fhall even fee, in apricots upon wall, the greateft fruits towards the bottom. Bacor In Gothick cathedrals, the narrownefs of th arch makes it rife in height, the /ownefs opens i Addifon in breadth Nothing could have fubdu'd natur To fuch a lownefs but his unkind daughter, Shake/ Now I muf To the young man fend humble treaties And palter in the fhift of lozwnefs Shakefpeare want of dignity The name of fervants has of old been reckone to, imply a certain meannefs of mind, as well a lozvnefs of condition South 4. Want of fublimity; contrary to loftinefs of ftile or {entiment high or low ; if his fault be too much /ozwnefs, tha of Perfius is the hardnefs of his metaphors Dryden 5. Submiflivenefs The people were in fuch Jogwnefs of obedienc as fubjets were like to yield, who had lived almof four-and-twenty years under fo politick a king a his father Bacan 6. Depreflion; deje&ion an v Above the fmoak and ftir of this dim fpo ‘Which men call earth, and with lo-wtbougbled Strive to keep up a frail and feverifh being. M;a Oh grace ferene | Oh virtue heav'nly fair} Divine oblation of /ozvthoughted care Frefh blooming hope, gay daughter of-the fk }' And faith our early immortality [low and fiifi?'] adj Deje&ed ; deprefled lively; n<.) no vivacious ; not {prightly mind; and then, in the place of a diforderly you fellow, you have a /losw/fpirited moped creature Loxopro'mIck Lack z. /. [re€d: and Jiuu Loxodromick is the art of oblique failing b rhomb, which always makes an equal angle wit every meridian ; that is, when you fail neither ¢i reftl unde the equator fame meridian of rhombs nor unde one and th but acrofs them : hence the tabl or the tranfverfe tables of miles, wit the table of longitudes and latitudes, by which th failor may praétically find his courfe, diftance, lati /Jownef Harris tude, or longitude, is called /oxodromick LO'YAL. adj. [loyal, French. 1. Obedient; true to the prince And of the /oyal fervice of his fon ‘When I inform'd him, then he call'd me {ot Shakefpaars The regard of duty in that moft /oyal natio Knolles overcame all other difficulties Loyal fubje&s often feize their prince Yet mean his facred perfon not the leaft offence Dryder 2. Faithfu lover Lo'wxess. z. /. [from Joaw. 1. Contrariety to height; {fmall diftanc from the ground Hence that povest LowTHO UGHTED. ad;. [lows and 1}y Z,W King Stephen was a worthy peer His breeches coft him but a crown He thought them fixpence all too dear 3. Want of rank I8 4 el a‘; Of Glofter's treachery To know what pafies there; be lowly wife ftupid drone. be fubj Severity carried to the higheft pitch breaks t 3. Not lofty; not fublime I wil ticular perfon Lowsp1'RITED n i é i f d u h t n t For fro His ftile is accommodated to his fubjet, eithe They continued in that Jawlinefs until the divi 1. Humble The heavens are not pure i which a kingdom ma of fentiment ; narrow-minded u n i I i v thus with low 2. Meannefs of charaéer or condition whether mental or external Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude 1 have no relith of them Lio of fpirit t in love true to a lady, Hail, wedded love! by the Founded in reafon lyal, juft, and pure Mill There Lao¥amia with Evadne moves Dryde Unhappy both ! but /ya/ in their loves Lo'varist. = /. [from loyal.] On who profeffes uncommon adherence his king The cedar by the inftigation of the Loyalift fe;]l .out with the homebians. Hozwel's Pocal Forffl Lo'varLy. adw [from loyal.] With fide lity ; with true adherence to a king with fidelity to a lover The circling year I wait, with ampler ftores And fitter pomp, to hail my native fhores Then by my realms due homage would be paid For wealthy kings are loyally obey'd. Pope's Odyffy Lo'yaLTy. . /. [loiauré, French. 1. Firm and faithful adherence to prince Though Joyalty, well held, to fools does mak Our faith mere folly; yet he that can endur To follow with allegiance a fall'n lord Does conquer him that did his mafter conquer Shakefpeare He had never had any veneration for the cou but onl fuc quired. /lyalt as the law re to the kin Clarende 7E Abdiel faithful foun Unthaken, unfeduc'd, unterrify'd His /loyaity he kept For loyalty is ftill the fame Whether it win or lofe the game Milt True as the dial to the fun Hudibras Although it be not fhone upon 2. Fidelity to a lady, or lover Lo"zeNGE n. f [leofenge unknown etymology. French o 1. A thomb |