7. In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice. Spenser.
8. (Astron.)
Defn: In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; — said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
LOW
Low, v. t.
Defn: To depress; to lower. [Obs.] Swift.
LOWBELL
Low"bell`, n. Etym: [Low a flame + bell.]
1. A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net. The fowler's lowbell robs the lark of sleep. King.
2. A bell to be hung on the neck of a sheep. A lowbell hung about a sheep's . . . neck. Howell.
LOWBELL
Low"bell`, v. t.
Defn: To frighten, as with a lowbell.