Definition of lower

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Lower (a.) To reduce the height of; as, to lower a fence or wall; to lower a chimney or turret..

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Cat-tail :: Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin..
Beaver :: Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink..
Eutychian :: Eutychian (n.) A follower of Eutyches [5th century], who held that the divine and the human in the person of Christ were blended together as to constitute but one nature; a monophysite; -- opposed to Nestorian..
Tetrapetalous :: Tetrapetalous (a.) Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla..
Web :: Web (n.) The thin vertical plate or portion connecting the upper and lower flanges of an lower flanges of an iron girder, rolled beam, or railroad rail..
Balaustine :: Balaustine (n.) The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally..
Stasmia :: Starwort (n.) A small plant of the genus Stellaria, having star-shaped flowers; star flower; chickweed..
Thread :: Thread (n.) A filament, as of a flower, or of any fibrous substance, as of bark; also, a line of gold or silver..
Belladonna :: Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade..
Galea :: Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
Nether :: Nether (a.) Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper..
Well :: Well (v. i.) The lower part of a furnace, into which the metal falls..
Ivy :: Ivy (n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers..
Phanerogamia :: Phanerogamia (n. pl.) That one of the two primary divisions of the vegetable kingdom which contains the phanerogamic, or flowering, plants..
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil..
Pollen :: Pollen (n.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See Flower, and Illust. of Filament..
Crosstrees :: Crosstrees (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the top..
Morpho :: Morpho (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots..
Anticous :: Anticous (a.) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily..
Florid :: Florid (a.) Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence..
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