Definition of "lown"

lown¹

/laʊn/

noun
plural lowns
1. (Scotland) Calm, tranquillity.
2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
  Quotations
  He had no alternative to the slim chance of safety offered by the ‘lun’ of Cat Harbour, Northern Island.
  1958, Michael Harrington, Sea Stories from Newfoundland
adjective
comparative lowner, superlative lownest
1. (chiefly Scotland) Peaceful, calm.
  Quotations
  Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.
  1826 April, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

lown²

noun
plural lowns
1. (obsolete) A low fellow.