The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lown \Lown\, n. [See Loon.] A low fellow. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. (context Scotland English) peaceful, calm Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete English) A low fellow.
Wikipedia
Lown or Lun or Loon may refer to:
- Lown-e Kohneh, Kurdistan Province
- Lown-e Sadat, Kurdistan Province
- Loon, Lorestan
Usage examples of "lown".
He stepped out onto the path and immediately saw something come over the barrier and bounce several times, barely visible, its forward motion ending in the gravel and soft clay, the object spinning in place, a rubber ball, eating out a slot for itself, unmistakably a Spalding Hi Bouncer, still rotating as he walked toward it past Maurice Wu lodged in a sleeping bag in a corner of his cubicle, past Edna Lown motionless in her bed, past Lester Bolin asleep on his cot.
With her thumb and index finger Edna Lown picked a speck of tobacco off the end of her tongue.
Softly left him alone to do his unpacking and Edna Lown lowered herself toward a kitchen stool, moving slowly as befitted her bulk, a cigarette aslant at the corner of her mouth.
On the desk was a framed photograph of Lown and Bolin formally posed on a small lawn on some campus somewhere, each of them half turned toward the camera and half facing the other person, hands behind their backs, Edna's left leg extended a bit, Lester's right leg likewise set forward, the photographer's insistence on balanced composition (whatever the level of humor intended) evident most of all in the centering element of the entire picture, this being a waist-high twin-handled jug of indeterminate markings, each handle pointing (as it were) toward one of the standing figures.
Edna Lown was entering herself just as surely as if she'd been able to bend her arms into her mouth and swallow them to the shoulders.
On the desk was the framed photograph of Lown and Bolin formally posed on a small lawn on some campus somewhere, each half turned toward the camera and half facing the other, hands behind backs, Edna's left leg extended a bit, Lester's right leg likewise set forward, a large and not very interesting jug positioned evenly between the standing figures (solely for compositional effect, it was clear), the artificial dignity of the picture enhanced by the fading gray tones and the shopworn frame.
The others left his quarters, filing out slowly, Terwilliger, Lown, Mainwaring, Bolin.