lowbell

[Eng. low (1), v., and bell.] and cause them to lie quiet, until they are flushed 1. A bell used in fowling to slightly alarm birds by a sudden noise. 2. A bell hung on the neck of sheep and cattle. low-běll, v. t. [LOWBELL, 8.] To scare, as with a lowbell. *lowe, s. [Low (2), s.] low-er (1), v. t. & i. [LOWER, a.] A. Transitive: 1. To bring low; to bring down from a higher to a lower place or position; as, to lower a mast, to lower a boat, . 2. To bring down from higher position, rank, or condition to a lower; to humble, to abase, to degrade, to make le proud or haughty. "Turn thy wheel, and lower the proud." Tennyson: Enid and Geraint, 347. 3. To reduce in price; to le en, to diminish; as, to lower the price of goods. B. In trans.: To become lower; to sink, to fall, to become le . low-er (2), *lour, *lour-en, *lur-en, v . i. [Old Dut. loeren ; Ger. luren .] 1. To appear dark or gloomy; to be cloudy, to look threatening. "The day is lowering -stilly black Sleeps the grim wave." 2. To appear gloomily. Moore: Fire-Worshipers. IMG:content-0749.png:[blocks in formation] Geol.: Inferior in stratigraphical position, and unle the strata have been reversed after deposition, which rarely occurs; the older in date. Most formations have an upper and lower series of beds; as, Upper and Lower Carboniferous, or an upper, middle, and lower, as Upper, Middle, and Lower Devonian. [GEOLOGY.] lower-anchor, s. Naut .: An anchor down stream for anchoring boats.