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Webster 1913 Edition

Lower-case

low′er-caseˊ

,

Low′er-caseˊ

,

Adj.

(Print.)

Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case; – used to denote the small letters, in distinction from capitals and small capitals;

as,

lowercase

letters a and b and c etc.

. Contrasted with

uppercase

. See the Note under 1st

,

Noun.

, 3.