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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class II. Words Relating to Space
Section II. Dimensions
2. Linear Dimensions

207. Lowness.

   NOUN:LOWNESS &c. adj.; debasement; prostration (horizontal) [See Horizontality]; depression (concave) [See Concavity]; subjacency; lowlands.
  GROUND FLOOR; rez de chaussée [F.]; street floor.
  BASEMENT, basement floor, cellar; hold; base [See Base].
  [COMPARISONS] feet, heels; molehill.
  LOW WATER; low -, ebb -, neap- tide.
   VERB:BE LOW &c. adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower (depress) [See Depression].
   ADJECTIVE:LOW, neap, debased; lower, inferior, under, nether; lowest, nethermost, lowermost; flat, level with the ground; lying low &c. v.; crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate (horizontal) [See Horizontality]; depressed.
   ADVERB:UNDER; beneath, underneath; below; down, downwards; adown, at the foot of; underfoot, underground; downstairs, belowstairs; at a low ebb; below par.