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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.

Of or relating to a dower. [R.]

A woman entitled to dower. Bouvier.

A gift; endowment. [Obs.] Spenser.

ping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc. Adams had the reputation of having dowsed successfully for more than a hundred wells. Eng. Cyc.

A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod. [Colloq.]

A dowse. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A dove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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.]

A disease characterized by enlargement of the thyroid gland, prominence of the eyeballs, and inordinate action of the heart; -- called also exophthalmic goiter. Flint.

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

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

A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]

meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.