at the downlying

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at the downlying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Downlying \Down"ly`ing\, n.
     The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. --Cavendish.
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     At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]
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