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
King Stephen was a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he call'd the tailor lown.
From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
The wind has died down, and through the lown midnight air I heard the Auld Kirk clock strike the hour of twelve.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
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
Sing hi ho, envious lown, you're of the beagle's kind, Who always bark'd at the moon, because in the dark it shined.
From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Mackay, Charles
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