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Very steep. [Obs.] Florio.

Down the stream; as, floating downstream.

A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.

The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.

Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

r place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous. With downward force That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden.

er place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.

Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium.

To weigh or press down. A different sin downweighs them to the bottom. Longfellow.

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

From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground. [Archaic] "Thrice did she sink adown." Spenser.

A receding or giving up; a complete surrender. [Colloq.]

The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.

A downfall; an humillation. [Colloq.]

A warehouse. [East Indies]

Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]

An owner of land.

Having property in land; of or pertaining to landowners.

A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; -- used by lumbermen. [U.S.]

See Moonfish (b).