Downlying

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The time of retiring to rest.

    "[…]him in his house, down-lying and up-rising"

  2. 2
    The travail in childbirth. Scotland

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"[…]him in his house, down-lying and up-rising"

Etymology

From down + lying.

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