Obs. exc. arch. [f. LOUT v.1 + -ING1.] The action of LOUT v.1; bowing, cringing.
c. 1340. Richard Rolle of Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 7847. Þare es lowtyng and reverence.
c. 1410. Love, Bonavent. Mirr., Sacr. Christ’s Body (Gibbs MS.), lf. 124. Þe kyng with loutynge of hys heued … dyde reuerence.
1549. Coverdale, etc., Erasm. Par. Eph., Prol. Promotion obtained by … hipocritical lowting.
1683. Chalkhill, Thealma & Cl., 81. Their low lootings lift them a step higher.
1819. Keats, Lett. to J. Taylor, 23 Aug. Is this worth louting or playing the hypocrite for?
