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A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; -- usually in the plural. [Eng.] Seven thousand broad-tailed sheep grazed on his downs. Sandys.

A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.

Of or relating to a dower. [R.]

Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air. Same as Draught.

Relating to dramaturgy.

Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air.

it; as, to hold a drawing-room. He [Johnson] would amaze a drawing-room by suddenly ejaculating a clause of the Lord's Prayer. Macaulay. Drawing-room car. See Palace car, under Car.

cal or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions. [Obs.] Burrill.

Of or pertaining to dying or death; as, dying bed; dying day; dying words; also, simulating a dying state.

Relating to physical forces, effects, or laws; as, dynamical geology. As natural science has become more dynamic, so has history. Prof. Shedd. Dynamical electricity. See under Electricity.

Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments.

Of or relating to a dynasty or line of kings. Motley.

Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspn

A Latin prefix meaning out, out of, from; also, without. See Ex-.

e in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms.…

Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith.

Belonging to, or relating to, the East Indies. -- n.

Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian. [R.] Ogilvie.