Definition of lower

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Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..

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Schottische :: Schottische (n.) A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Ecossaise..
Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..
Florid :: Florid (a.) Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence..
Wind-plant :: Wind-plant (n.) A windflower.
Aura :: Aura (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc..
Dungeon :: Dungeon (n.) A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons..
Agiotage :: Agiotage (n.) Exchange business; also, stockjobbing; the maneuvers of speculators to raise or lower the price of stocks or public funds..
Apollinarian :: Apollinarian (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ..
Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan..
Downwards :: Downwards (adv.) From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin..
Grapevine :: Grapevine (n.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes..
Semidouble :: Semidouble (a.) Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect; -- said of a flower..
Eutychianism :: Eutychianism (n.) The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.
Disrate :: Disrate (v. t.) To reduce to a lower rating or rank; to degrade.
Euplectella :: Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket..
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle..
School :: School (n.) The disciples or followers of a teacher; those who hold a common doctrine, or accept the same teachings; a sect or denomination in philosophy, theology, science, medicine, politics, etc..
Floriculturist :: Floriculturist (n.) One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.
Phanerogamous :: Phanerogamous (a.) Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.
Origenist :: Origenist (n.) A follower of Origen of Alexandria.
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