[f. LOUR, LOWER v. + -ING1.] The action of LOUR v., frowning, scowling, sullenness.
a. 1250. Owl & Night., 423. Grucching and luring him both rade.
a. 1450. Knt. de la Tour (1868), 35. There was neuer pees betwene hem, but euer glomyng, louring, and chiding.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. Rom., 34. Lette it be done withoute sadnes and louryng.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 486 b. Neither was Queene Elizabeth ever … afrayd of any her subjectes lowring or browbeating.
1665. Brathwait, Comment Two Tales, 179. There was nothing there [at the bridal] but Pouting, Louring, and Cloudy Weather.
1820. W. Irving, Sketch Bk., I. 180. These lourings of gloomy reflection.
