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DOWNCAST a. 3 definitions
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.
DOWNCOME n. 2 definitions
Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.
DOWNFALL n. 2 definitions
A sudden fall; a body of things falling. Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. Holland. Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. Dryden.
DOWNFALLEN a.
Fallen; ruined. Carew.
DOWNFALLING a.
Falling down.
DOWNGYVED a.
Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [Poetic & Rare] Shak.
DOWNHAUL n.
A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.
DOWNHEARTED a.
Dejected; low-spirited.
DOWNHILL adv. 3 definitions
Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
DOWNINESS n.
The quality or state of being downy.
DOWNLOOKED a.
Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.
DOWNLYING n.
The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish. At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]
DOWNPOUR n.
A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.
DOWNRIGHT adv. 5 definitions
Straight down; perpendicularly.
DOWNSITTING n.
The act of sitting down; repose; a resting. Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising. Ps. cxxxix. 2.
DOWNSTAIRS adv. 2 definitions
Down the stairs; to a lower floor. -- a.
DOWNSTEEPY a.
Very steep. [Obs.] Florio.
DOWNSTREAM adv.
Down the stream; as, floating downstream.
DOWNSTROKE n.
A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
DOWNTHROW n.
The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.
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