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To proceed downward, or toward a close; to decline. "Then day drooped." Tennyson.

To bestow or communicate by a suggestion; to let fall in an indirect, cautious, or gentle manner; as, to drop hint, a word of counsel, etc.

; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift.

laid on the bottom of the hold for the cargo to rest upon to prevent injury by water, or stowed among casks and other cargo to prevent their motion.

A cathedral. See Dome, 2. Of tower or duomo, sunny sweet. Tennyson.

n from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country. Hallam.

.] Such land as ye break up for barley to sow, Two earths at the least, ere ye sow it, bestow. Tusser.

Toward the earth; -- opposed to heavenward or skyward.

compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and which is toward the right hand of one who faces the north; the point directly opposite to the west. The east began kindle. E. Everett.

Situated, directed, or moving toward the east; as, the easterly side of a lake; an easterly course or voyage.

Going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage. Eastern Church. See Greek Church, under Greek.

The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel.

Toward the east; in the direction of east from some point or place; as, New Haven lies eastward from New York.

The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb. Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality! Shelley.

Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder.

edge in with, as with a coast or vessel (Naut.), to advance gradually, but not directly, toward it.

With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. Sir W. Scott.

he assured edification of his church. Bp. Hall. Out of these magazines I shall supply the town with what may tend to their edification. Addison.

etimes used to embrace real as well as personal property; as, the people escaped from the town with their effects. For effect, for an exaggerated impression or excitement. -- In effect, in fact; in substance. See 8, above. -- Of no effect, Of none effect, To no effect, or Without effect, destitute of results, validit…

at this is eke the throne of love. Prior. A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. Cowper.