Low

(Phon.) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate; as, ă (ăm), ạ (ạll). See Guide to Pronunciation, 5, 10, 11.

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.

Why but to keep ye low and ignorant ?

- Milton.

13.

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

14.

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

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

- Felton.

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 Church
See High Church, under High.

Low Countries
the Netherlands.

Low German
etc. See under German, Latin, etc.

Low life
humble life.

Low milling
a process of making flour from grain by a single grinding and by siftings.

Low relief
See Bas-relief.

Low side window
(Arch.) a peculiar form of window common in mediæval 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.

Low spirits
despondency.

Low steam
steam having a low pressure.

Low steel
steel which contains only a small proportion of carbon, and can not be hardened greatly by sudden cooling.

Low Sunday
the Sunday next after Easter; - popularly so called.

Low tide
the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.

Low water
a -	The lowest point of the ebb tide; a low stage of the in a river, lake, etc.
b -	(Steam Boiler) The condition of an insufficient quantity of water in the boiler.

Low water alarm
(Steam Boiler) a contrivance of various forms attached to a boiler for giving warning when the water is low.

Low water mark
that part of the shore to which the waters recede when the tide is the lowest.

Low wine
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. - Bouvier.

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

adv.

In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.

Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply; as, he sold his wheat low.

In a low or mean condition; humbly; meanly.

In time approaching our own.

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

- Locke.

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

The . . . odorous wind
Breathes low between the sunset and the moon.

- Tennyson.

With a low musical pitch or tone.

Can sing both high and low.

- Shak.

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

(Astron.) 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.

v. t.

To depress; to lower.

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