arch. [f. LOWLY a. + -HEAD.] Humility, lowliness.
c. 1403. Clanvowe, Cuckow & Night., 156. Lowliheed, and trewe companye.
1426. Lydg., De Guil. Pilgr., 7995. Meknesse & lavlyhede.
1830. Tennyson, Isabel, i. The stately flower … Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead.
c. 1850. Rossetti, Dante & Circ., I. (1874), 90. The lamp of her meek lowlihead.
1889. Browning, Pope & Net, vii.
| Alack the thing was gone— | |
| That guarantee of lowlihead,—eclipsed that star which shone! |
