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Webster 1913 Edition

Downlying

Down′lyˊing

,

Noun.

The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

Cavendish.

At the downlying

,

at the travail in childbirth.

[Scot.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Downlying

DOWNLYING

,

Noun.

The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

DOWNLYING

,

Adj.

About to be in travel of childbirth.