[f. LOWER v. + -ING1.] The action of LOWER v. in various senses.
1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., I. 16. Such indifferent things as … hoising, looring, and the like.
1671. F. Philipps, Reg. Necess., 15. A striking or louring of Sail by the Ships of other Nations.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Lowering,… the debasing of the strength of any spirituous liquor by mixing water with it.
1868. Lockyer, Guillemin’s Heavens (ed. 3), 193. The lowering of the temperature in February and May.
1890. ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Col. Reformer (1891), 171. A continuous course of baiting, lowering and hauling up.
1899. Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VIII. 556. A previous lowering of vitality may usher it [psoriasis] in.
