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Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.

A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm. Where only the wind signs miserere. Lowell.

mistake, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]

ings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminium is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of m…

To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously. Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans. Thomson. Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan. Shak.

The lower classes of a community; the populace, or the lowest part of it. A cluster of mob were making themselves merry with their betters. Addison.

The mob; the lower classes. [Humorous] Dryden.

A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.

in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady's slipper (Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The low…

The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.

To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower. Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree. Dryden.

Lower by a semitone; flat; as, E molle, that is, E flat.

or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.

The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.

of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot. Sir J. Mandeville. Lowell.

which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.

To make the noise of a cow; to low; -- child's word.

Illumined by the moon. "The moonlit sea." Moore. "Moonlit dells." Lowell.

er of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.