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Low [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not high or elevated; depressed below any given surface or place. low ground or land, is land below the common level. low is opposed to high, and both are relative terms. That which is low with respect to one thing, may be high with respect to another. A low house would be a high fence. A low flight for an eagle, would be a high flight for a partridge.

2. Not rising to the usual height; as a man of low stature.

3. Declining near the horizon. The sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and at six in summer.

4. Deep; descending far below the adjacent ground; as a low valley.

5. The lowest bottom shook of Erebus.

6. Sunk to the natural level of the ocean by the retiring of the tide; as low water.

7. Below the usual rate or amount, or below the ordinary value; as a low price of corn; low wages.

8. Not high or loud; as a low voice.

9. Grave; depressed in the scale of sounds; as a low note.

10. Near or not very distant from the equator; as a low latitude. We say, the low southern latitudes; the high northern latitudes.

11. Late in time; modern as the lower empire.

12. Dejected; depressed in vigor; wanting strength or animation; as low spirits; low in spirits. His courage is low

13. Depressed in condition; in a humble state.

14. Why but to keep you low and ignorant?

15. Humble in rank; in a mean condition; as men of high and low condition; the lower walks of life; a low class of people.

16. Mean; abject; groveling; base; as a person of low mind.

17. Dishonorable; mean; as a low trick or stratagem.

18. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted in thought or diction; as a low comparison; a low metaphor; low language.

19. In comparison of these divine writers, the noblest wits of the heathen world are low and dull.

20. Vulgar; common; as a low education.

21. Submissive; humble; reverent.

22. And pay their fealty with low subjection.

23. But first low reverence done.

24. Weak; exhausted of vital energy. His disease has brought him very low

25. Feeble; weak; without force; as a low pulse.

26. Moderate; not inflammatory; as a low fever.

27. Moderate; not intense; as a low heat; a low temperature.

28. Impoverished; in reduced circumstances. The rich are often reduced to a low condition.

29. Moderate; as a low calculation or estimate.

30. Plain; simple; not rich, high seasoned or nourishing; as a low diet.

Low [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not aloft; not on high; often in composition; as low-brow'd rocks.

2. Under the usual price; at a moderate price. He sold his wheat low

3. Near the ground; as, the bird flies very low

4. In a mean condition; in composition; as a low-born fellow; a low-born lass.

5. In time approaching our own.

6. In the part of the world which was first inhabited, even as low down as Abraham's time, they wandered with their flocks and herds.

7. With a depressed voice; not loudly; as, speak low

8. In a state of subjection, poverty or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want or by vice.

Low [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To bellow, as an ox or cow.

2. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea.

Low [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To sink; to depress. [Not used.]

Low Webster's Dictionary 1913

strong imp. of Laugh.

Low [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 mean condition; humbly; meanly.

4. In time approaching our own.

5. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently; as, to speak low.

6. With a low musical pitch or tone.

7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice.

8. 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, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.

Low [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The calling sound ordinarily made by cows and other bovine animals.

2. A hill; a mound; a grave.

3. Fire; a flame; a light.

4. The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.

Low [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight.

2. Not rising to the usual height; as, a man of low stature; a low fence.

3. Near the horizon; as, the sun is low at four o'clock in winter, and six in summer.

4. Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide.

5. Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or the ordinary value; moderate; cheap; as, the low price of corn; low wages.

6. Not loud; as, a low voice; a low sound.

7. Depressed in the scale of sounds; grave; as, a low pitch; a low note.

8. Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, / (/m), / (all). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 10, 11.

9. Near, or not very distant from, the equator; as, in the low northern latitudes.

10. Numerically small; as, a low number.

11. Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits.

12. Depressed in condition; humble in rank; as, men of low condition; the lower classes.

13. Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem.

14. Not elevated or sublime; not exalted or diction; as, a low comparison.

15. Submissive; humble.

16. Deficient in vital energy; feeble; weak; as, a low pulse; made low by sickness.

17. Moderate; not intense; not inflammatory; as, low heat; a low temperature; a low fever.

18. Smaller than is reasonable or probable; as, a low estimate.

19. Not rich, high seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple; as, a low diet.

Low [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To make the calling sound of cows and other bovine animals; to moo.

2. To burn; to blaze.

Low [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To depress; to lower.

Low-born [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Born in low life.

Low-bred [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Bred in a low condition or manner; vulgar.

Low-church [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not placing a high estimate on ecclesiastical organizations or forms; -- applied especially to Episcopalians, and opposed to high-church. See High Church, under High.

Low-churchism [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The principles of the low-church party.

Low-churchman [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who holds low-church principles.

Low-churchmanship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being a low-churchman.

Low-lived [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Characteristic of, or like, one bred in a low and vulgar condition of life; mean dishonorable; contemptible; as, low-lived dishonesty.

Low-minded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.

Low-mindedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality of being lowminded; meanness; baseness.

Low-necked [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cut low in the neck; decollete; -- said of a woman's dress.

Low-pressure [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.

Low-spirited [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Not having animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not lively or sprightly. Losses of property often render men low-spirited Excessive severity breaks the mind, and renders the child or pupil low-spirited

Low-spirited [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

Low-spiritedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Dejection of mind or courage; a state of low spirits.

Low-studded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Furnished or built with short studs; as, a low-studded house or room.

Low-thoughted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having the thoughts employed on low subjects; not having sublime and elevated thoughts or contemplations; mean of sentiment; as low-thoughted care.

Low-thoughted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects.

Low-wines [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The liquor produced by the first distillation of molasses, or fermented liquors; the first run of the still.

Lowbell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A kind of fowling in the night, in which the birds are wakened by a bell, and blinded by light, so as to be easily taken.

Lowbell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To scare, as with a lowbell

Lowbell [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net.

2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep.

Lowbell [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To frighten, as with a lowbell.

Lowborn [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn.

Lowbred [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bred, or like one bred, in a low condition of life; characteristic or indicative of such breeding; rude; impolite; vulgar; as, a lowbred fellow; a lowbred remark.

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Genesis 6:16

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

Genesis 18:2

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

Genesis 24:18

And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.

“Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.

Genesis 24:46

And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.

She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well.’ So I drank, and she also watered the camels.

Genesis 44:11

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Exodus 17:11

And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 28:33

And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:

Make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn all the way around the lower hem, with gold bells between them,

Exodus 28:34

A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

alternating the gold bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe.

Exodus 39:24

And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.

They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely spun linen on the lower hem of the robe.

Exodus 39:26

A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.

alternating the bells and pomegranates around the lower hem of the robe to be worn for ministry, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 13:20

And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil.

The priest shall examine it, and if it appears to be beneath the skin and the hair in it has turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil.

Leviticus 13:21

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in it, and it is not beneath the skin and has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

Leviticus 13:26

But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the spot, and it is not beneath the skin but has faded, the priest shall isolate him for seven days.

Leviticus 14:37

And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

He is to examine the house, and if the mildew on the walls consists of green or red depressions that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,

Leviticus 27:12

And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.

The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.

Numbers 22:31

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Joshua 15:19

Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.

“Give me a blessing,” she answered. “Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me springs of water as well.” So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs.

Joshua 16:3

And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.