Definition of Lowings

1. lowing [n] - See also: lowing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lowings

lowers
lowery
lowes
lowess
lowest
lowest achievable emissions rate
lowest common denominator
lowest common denominators
lowest common multiple
lowest common multiples
lowest lumbar arteries
lowest splanchnic nerve
lowest thyroid artery
lowgrade
lowing
lowings (current term)
lowish
lowk
lowks
lowland
lowland burrowing treefrog
lowland fir
lowland white fir
lowlander
lowlanders
lowlands
lowlier
lowliest
lowlife
lowlifer

Literary usage of Lowings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Classical Tour Through Italy, An. MDCCCII. by John Chetwode Eustace (1821)
"... and fringe the margin of the river; while herds innumerable wander through their recesses, and enliven the silence of the,scene by perpetual lowings*. ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Chatterton by Thomas Chatterton, George Gregory (1803)
"... And the hot fierie smothe in the wide lowings dies. Liste! now the thunder's rattling ... H lowings ..."

3. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1818)
"... direction of the spine, gallop about their pastures, making the country re-echo with their lowings, and finding no rest till they gei into the water. ..."

4. The Modern Traveller: A Popular Description, Geographical, Historical, and by Josiah Conder (1827)
"His temple, indeed, is fallen, and Apis is no longer tended by his priests; but his lowings may yet be heard in Memphian pastures, and the tree which formed ..."

5. Sporting Adventures in the New World, Or, Days and Nights of Moose-hunting by Campbell Hardy (1855)
"... and if perchance he hears the distant lowings of his consort, or the crafty imitation produced by the Indian hunter through his trumpet of birch-bark, ..."

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