Webster's Dictionary 1913

3187

Lovely (2)

Love″ly, adv. In a manner to please, or to excite love. Tyndale.

3188

Lovemonger

Love″mon′ger (?), n. One who deals in affairs of love. Shak.

3189

Lover

Lov″er (lŭv″ẽr), n. 1. One who loves; one who is in love; — usually limited, in the singular, to a person of the male sex. Gower.Love is blind, and lovers can not seeThe pretty ...

3190

Lover (2)

{ Lo″ver (lo͞o″vẽr), Lo″ver‐y (?), } n. See Louver. Bp. Hall.

3191

Loverwise

Lo″ver‐wise′ (lŭv″ẽr‐wīz′), adv. As lovers do.As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.

3192

Lovesome

Love″some (?), a. [AS. lufsum.] Lovely.

3193

Loving

Lov″ing (?), a. 1. Affectionate.The fairest and most loving wife in Greece. Tennyson.2. Expressing love or kindness; as, loving words.

3194

Loving cup

Lov″ing cup′. A large ornamental drinking vessel having two or more handles, intended to pass from hand to hand, as at a banquet.

3195

Loving-kindness

Lov″ing–kind″ness (?), n. Tender regard; mercy; favor. Ps. lxxxix. 33.

3196

Lovingly

Lov″ing‐ly, adv. With love; affectionately.

3197

Lovingness

Lov″ing‐ness, n. Affection; kind regard.The only two bands of good will, loveliness and lovingness. Sir. P. Sidney.

3198

Lovyer

Lov″yer (?), n. A lover. Chaucer.

3199

Low

Low (?), obs.strong imp. of Laugh. Chaucer.

3200

Low (10)

Low (?), v. t. To depress; to lower. Swift.

3201

Low (2)

Low (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Lowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Lowing.] [OE. lowen, AS. hl�wan; akin to D. loeijen, OHG. hl�jan, hluojan.] To make the calling sound of cows and other bov...

3202

Low (3)

Low, n. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.Talking voices and the law of herds. Wordsworth.

3203

Low (4)

Low, n. [AS. hlāw; akin to Goth. hlaiw a grave, hlains a hill, and to E. lean to incline.] A hill; a mound; a grave. Skeat.

3204

Low (5)

Low (?), n. [Icel. log, logi; akin to E. light, n.] Fire; a flame; a light.

3205

Low (6)

Low, v. i. To burn; to blaze. Burns.

3206

Low (7)

Low (?), a. [Compar.Lower (?); superl.Lowest.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. lāgr; akin to Sw. låg, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See Lie to be prostrate.]1. Occupying an inferior...

3207

Low (8)

Low, n.(Card Playing) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

3208

Low (9)

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.3. In a low o...

3209

Low steel

Low steel. See under Low.

3210

Low-church

Low″–church′ (?), a. Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; — applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, un...

3211

Low-churchism

Low″–church′ism (?), n. The principles of the low-church party.

3212

Low-churchman

Low″–church′man (?), n.; pl.-men (�). One who holds low-church principles.

3213

Low-churchmanship

Low″–church′man‐ship, n. The state of being a low-churchman.