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lowe

  [loh]
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–verb (used without object) lowed, low⋅ing. British Dialect.
low 3 .

low

2  [loh]
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the deep, low sound characteristic of cattle; moo.
–verb (used with object)
2. to utter by or as by lowing.
–noun
3. the act or the sound of lowing: the low of a distant herd.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lowen, OE hlōwan; c. D loeien, OHG hluoen, OS hlōian; akin to ON Hlōi proper name (lit., bellower, shouter), L clāmāre to call out

low

3  [loh]
–verb (used without object) British Dialect.
1. to burn; blaze.
2. (of a person) to feel strong emotions; glow with excitement.
Also, lowe.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < ON loga to flame, log a flame, akin to G lohen (v.), Lohe (n.), L lūcēre (v.), lūx (n.) light 1
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low 2   (lō)   
n.  The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo.
intr.v.   lowed, low·ing, lows
To utter the sound made by cattle; moo.

[From Middle English lowen, to moo, from Old English hlōwan; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Lowing

Low"ing\, n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
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