What is the time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.] called?
downlying — The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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