lown
1 Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of lown
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) lownen (v.), later lowne (adj.) < Old Norse logn calm (noun), lugna to calm
Example Sentences
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Sturdy Paddy Young did not go lown, but he seemed to grow perceptibly older and slower.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because, like a lull at sea, or lown on land, it is felt to descend from Heaven on man's toilsome lot.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by John Wilson
King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown, He held them sixpence all too dear; Therefore he called the tailor lown.
From A Bundle of Ballads by Henry Morley
You that are princely-born should shake him off: For shame, subscribe, and let the lown depart.
From Edward the Second by Christopher Marlowe
I thought it was the enemy; and then anon the sound of the fife came shrill to the ear, for the night was lown and peaceful.
From The Annals of the Parish; or, the chronicle of Dalmailing during the ministry of the Rev. Micah Balwhidder by John Galt
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