downlying
English
Etymology
down + lying
Noun
downlying (plural downlyings)
- The time of retiring to rest.
- 1641, George Cavendish, Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe
- […] him in his house, down-lying and up-rising
- 1641, George Cavendish, Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe
- (Scotland) The travail in childbirth.
References
downlying in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- lying down