Obs. In 5–6 lowrance, -ence. [? The Christian name: see next.] A name for the fox. Cf. LOWRY.
c. 1470. Henryson, Mor. Fab., X. (Fox & Wolf), iii. The wolf was neirar nor he wend, For in ane busk he lay, and lowrence baith.
1528. Lyndesay, Dreme, 895. Lowrance … dois, but reuth, the sely scheip dounthryng.
