DOWNY

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs. "A downy feather." Shak. Plants that . . . have downy or velvet rind upon their leaves. Bacon.

2.
a.

Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet. "A downy shower." Keble. "Downy pillow." Pope. Time steals on with downy feet. Young.

3.
a.

Cunning; wary. [Slang, Eng.] Latham.

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