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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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7,619 words match “LOW”

NAPLES YELLOW n.
See under Yellow.
NOON-FLOWER n.
The goat's beard, whose flowers close at midday.
ODD FELLOW n.
A member of a secret order, or fraternity, styled the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, established for mutual aid and social enjoyment.
OUTBLOWN a.
Inflated with wind. Dryden.
OUTFLOW n. 2 definitions
A flowing out; efflux.
OVERBLOW v. 3 definitions
To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
OVERFLOW v. 7 definitions
To flow over; to cover woth, or as with, water or other fluid; to spread over; to inundate; to overwhelm. The northern nations overflowed all Christendom. Spenser.
OVERFLOWING n.
An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay.
OVERFLOWINGLY adv.
In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle.
OVERMELLOW a.
Too mellow; overripe.
OVERSLOW v. 2 definitions
To render slow; to check; to curb. [Obs.] Hammond.
PAULOWNIA n.
A genus of trees of the order Scrophulariaceæ, consisting of one species, Paulownia imperialis.
PEACHBLOW a.
Of the delicate purplish pink color likened to that of peach blooms; -- applied esp. to a Chinese porcelain, small specimens of which bring great prices in the Western countries.
PEWFELLOW n. 2 definitions
One who occupies the same pew with another.
PILLOW n. 5 definitions
filled with feathers, down, hair, or other soft material. [Resty sloth] finds the down pillow hard. Shak.
PILLOW LACE n.
Lace made by hand with bobbins on a pillow.
PILLOWCASE n.
A removable case or covering for a pillow, usually of white linen or cotton cloth.
PILLOWED a.
Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow. Pillowedon buckler cold and hard. Sir W. Scott.
PILLOWY a.
Like a pillow. Keats.
PLAYFELLOW n.
A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. Shak.
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