Lowness, 1) small elevation, the state of being below the ordinary level: “they know by the height, the l., or the mean, if dearth or foison follow,” Ant. II, 7, 22.
2) reduced circumstances, abject condition: “nothing could have subdued nature to such a l. but his unkind daughters,” Lr. III, 4, 73.
3) meanness: “dodge and palter in the shifts of l.” Ant. III, 11, 63.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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