a. and adv. Now dial. [f. LOW a. or adv. + -MOST.] = LOWEST a. and adv.

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1548.  Udall, etc., Erasm. Par., Mark xiii. 87. From the hyghest pole of heauen to the lowmoste.

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1578.  Lyte, Dodoens, II. lxvi. 233. The leaues … that grow lowmoste are somewhat larger.

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1820.  Blackw. Mag., VII. 260. The lowmost at the royal board, but foremost still in war.

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1865.  E. Waugh, Besom Ben, ii. 23. Every time his head came lowmost he looked at his master with imploring eyes.

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