downlying
nounEtymology From down + lying.
1
The time of retiring to rest.
- […]him in his house, down-lying and up-rising1641, George Cavendish, Thomas Wolsey, Late Cardinall, his Lyffe and Deathe:
2
Scotland The travail in childbirth.
noun — 2 senses
Etymology From down + lying.
The time of retiring to rest.
Scotland The travail in childbirth.
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