low|er-case

low|er-case
Printing.
1. small letters, not capitals. Abbr: l.c.
2. the frame or frames in which small letters are kept for hand setting.
low|er-case «LOH uhr KAYS», adjective, verb, -cased, -ca|ing. Printing.
–adj.
1. in small letters, not capitals.
2. kept in or having to do with the lower case.
–v.t.
to print in small letters.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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