'Lower-case' definitions:
Definition of 'Lower-case'
From: GCIDE
- lowercase \low"er*case`\, Lower-case \Low"er-case`\, a. (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 Case, n., 3. [1913 Webster]