Obs. [f. LOW v.1 + -ING1.] The action of LOW v.1; descent; obeisance; humiliation, etc.

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c. 1394.  P. Pl. Crede, 508. He loueth in markettes ben met Wiþ … lowynge of lewed men.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., IX. viii. (1495), y vj. Wynter bygynnyth whan the sonne is in … Capricornus, and is ende of discencyon and the lowynge of the sonne in ye myddaye.

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c. 1440.  Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxvi. The nether clowde is downe puttyng and a lowenge of his euencristen.

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