Lower

low'er, v. [-ered (-erd), -ering.] To be clouded, threaten a storm to frown, look sullen, [ME. louren, luren, f lure, lere, the cheek same as her, q. v.] — Low'ery, -er-t, a. Cloudy; gloomy. Loxodromics, loks-o-drom 'iks, n. sing. The art or method of sailing constantly in any direction oblique to the equator, so as to cro the meridians at equal angles: see Rhumb Line. [Gr. loxos, slanting, oblique, and dromos, a running, course.] — Loxot'omy, -o-mt, n. (Surg.) An oblique section or cutting, — said of a method of amputation. [Gr. temnein, to cut.]