Lowered

ppl. a. [f. LOWER v. + -ED¹.] In various senses of the vb. In Her., of an ordinary: = ABASED 2.

1707.  E. Smith, Phædra & Hippolitus, III. 31. The suppliant Nations … with lower’d Sails Confess the Ocean’s Queen.

1826.  Scott, Jrnl., 8 June. The affectionate care that used to be ready, with lowered voice and stealthy pace, to smooth the pillow.

1828–40.  Berry, Encycl. Herald., I. Lowered.

1839.  Chatto, Wood Engraving, ix. (1861), 614. When lowered blocks are printed at a common press, it is necessary that [etc.].

1847.  Gloss. Heraldry, Lowered: see Abased.

1860.  Geo. Eliot, Mill on Floss, III. 167. A great tear fell from under her lowered eyelids.

1869.  E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3), 63. A general lowered state of health among the population.

1877.  Sweet, Handbk. Phonetics, 12. The intermediate heights are distinguished as ‘lowered’ and ‘raised,’ thus the ‘lowered high-front’ has a position below the ‘high-front.’