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Webster 1913 Edition
Downlying
Down′lyˊing
,Noun.
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.
Cavendish.
At the downlying
, at the travail in childbirth.
[Scot.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Downlying
DOWNLYING
,Noun.
DOWNLYING
,Adj.
Definition 2024
downlying
downlying
English
Noun
downlying (plural downlyings)
- The time of retiring to rest.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Cavendish to this entry?)
- (Scotland) The travail in childbirth.