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51low — I. /loʊ / (say loh) adjective 1. situated or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf. 2. not far above the horizon, as a heavenly body. 3. lying or being below the general level: low ground. 4. Printing (of type or blocks) …
52Low Church — High High, a. [Compar. {Higher}; superl. {Highest}.] [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. he[ a]h, h?h; akin to OS. h?h, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. h?h, G. hoch, Icel. h?r, Sw. h[ o]g, Dan. h[ o]i, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. h[… …
53Lay figure — Figure Fig ure (f[i^]g [ u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura; akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.] 1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. [1913 Webster] Flowers have all exquisite figures. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
54lay off — verb a) (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a . Lay off the singing, will you! Im trying to study. b) (of a bookmaker) To place all or part of a bet with another …
55Lay — This name is of English locational origin from any of the several places named with the Olde English pre 7th Century element leah translating variously as an open place in a wood, a glade or low lying meadow . Examples are Lee in Buckinghamshire …
56lay a trip — suggest guilt or blame or duty Don t lay a trip on me about low grades. I m studying hard …
57lay someone low — reduce someone to inactivity, illness, or a lowly position. → lay …
58lay someone low — [usually passive] to make someone ill or weak and unable to do the things that they usually do He was laid low for two weeks with a virus …
59Low Bridge — The last is to walk or gallop under some low object, usually a tree branch. When a horse did this to me once, I had to lay back, with my head on the horses butt, to keep from being hit by a branch that was as big around as my arm. If the… …
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60lie low — or {nonstandard}[lay low] {v.}, {informal} 1. To stay quietly out of sight; try not to attract attention; hide. * /After holding up the bank, the robbers lay low for a while./ 2. To keep secret one s thoughts or plans. * /I think he wants to be… …
