down-lie, v.
(-ˈlaɪ)
To lie down, go to bed, retire to rest. (Chiefly in pres. pple. down-lying.)
| 1526 Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 88 b, Prayer is moche necessary at all tymes, bothe vprysynge and downlyenge. c 1550 Decay Eng. By Shepe (E.E.T.S.) 98 To kepe vj. persons, downe lyinge and vprisynge in hys house. a 1628 Preston Serm. bef. his Majestie (1630) 74 There are so many uprising & down-lying, that must have bread and meate from day to day. |
Hence ˈdown-lying vbl. n. (a) Lying down, going to bed; taking of permanent quarters. (b) Lying-in of a woman, confinement. (north. dial.)
| 1535 Goodly Primer Ps. cxxxix, My ingoing and down⁓lying to sleep. 1603 Florio Montaigne i. xxv. (1632) 82 What they go withall is but a conceiving, and therefore nothing neere downlying. 1637 R. Monro Expedit. ii. 16 What hurt the enemy was able to have done us, before our down-lying. 1848 Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, She expected her down-lying every day. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss., Down-ligging time. |