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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOWNLYING

n.The time of retiring to rest; time of repose.

 

DOWNLYING

a.About to be in travel of childbirth.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOWNLYING

DOWNLYING Down "ly `ing, n.

 

Defn: The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot. ]