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lour

  [louuhr, lou-er]
–verb (used without object), noun
lower 2 .

low⋅er

2  [lou-er, louuhr]
–verb (used without object)
1. to be dark and threatening, as the sky or the weather.
2. to frown, scowl, or look sullen; glower: He lowers at people when he's in a bad mood.
–noun
3. a dark, threatening appearance, as of the sky or weather.
4. a frown or scowl.
Also, lour.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME lour (n.), louren (v.) to frown, lurk; akin to G lauern, D loeren

Synonyms:
1. darken, threaten.
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lour   (lour)   
v.   & n.
Variant of lower1.
low·er 1   (lou'ər, lour)   
intr.v.   low·ered also loured, low·er·ing also lour·ing, low·ers also lours

  1. To look angry, sullen, or threatening. See Synonyms at frown.

  2. To appear dark or threatening, as the sky.

n.  

  1. A threatening, sullen, or angry look.

  2. A dark and ominous look: the lower of thunderheads.


[Middle English louren.]
low'er·ing·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

lour 
"to frown," c.1290, variant of lower (v.2).

lower  (v.2)
(also lour), M.E. louren, luren "to frown, lurk," from O.E. *luran or from its cognates, M.L.G. luren, M.Du. loeren "lie in wait."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: lower
Function: noun
: the lower member of a pair; especially : a lower denture
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
lower   (lō'ər)  Pronunciation Key 
Being an earlier division of the geological or archaeological period named. Compare upper.
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