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
No want of lown places there, in which the creatures could lie with wool or hair unruffled among surrounding storms.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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 Wilson, John
The lown win' maun be his breath—sae quaiet!—He 's no hurryin' himsel' the nicht.—There 's never naebody rins efter him.—Eh,
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
Let us descend, then, from that most inclement front, into the lown boundaries of the Holm.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
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