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down-lie, v.|-ˈlaɪ|
To lie down, go to bed, retire to rest. (Chiefly in pres. pple. down-lying.)
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 88 b, Prayer is moche necessary at all tymes, bothe vprysynge and downlyenge. c1550Decay Eng. By Shepe (E.E.T.S.) 98 To kepe vj. persons, downe lyinge and vprisynge in hys house. a1628Preston Serm. bef. his Majestie (1630) 74 There are so many uprising & down-lying, that must have bread and meate from day to day.
Hence ˈdown-lying vbl. n. (a) Lying down, going to bed; taking of permanent quarters. (b) Lying-in of a woman, confinement. (north. dial.)
1535Goodly Primer Ps. cxxxix, My ingoing and down⁓lying to sleep. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xxv. (1632) 82 What they go withall is but a conceiving, and therefore nothing neere downlying. 1637R. Monro Expedit. ii. 16 What hurt the enemy was able to have done us, before our down-lying. 1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, She expected her down-lying every day. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Down-ligging time. |