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A chick; a young bird in the downy stage.

A punt made from the goal line by a player of the side which has made a touchdown to one of his own side for a fair catch, from which an attempt to kick a goal may be made.

d-up skin of the larva, as in many Diptera. -- Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.

obscurely; as, a purblind eye; a purblind mole. The saints have not so sharp eyes to see down from heaven; they be purblindand sand-blind. Latimer. O purblind race of miserable men. Tennyson. -- Pur"blind`ly, adv. -- Pur"blind`ness, n.

d, as water does in running over or through obstructions. Swift o'er the rolling pebbles, down the hills, Louder and louder purl the falling rills. Pope.

ak. I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time which is within the memory of men still living. Macaulay.

ith to or of. The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. Waterland.

and thick; swelled with pampering; as, pursy insolence. Shak. Pursy important he sat him down. Sir W. Scot.

To importune; to press with solicitation; to tease. To push down, to overthrow by pushing or impulse.

To lay down; to give up; to surrender. [Obs.] No man hath more love than this, that a man put his life for his friends. Wyclif (John xv. 13).

To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower. The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor. Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter. Longfel…

d caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and lay struggling as if for life. Encyc. Brit.

To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed, Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. Waller.

To overpower; to subdue; to put down. The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. Macaulay. Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. Longfellow.

A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.

, and preserved by the aid of the mnemonic quipu a body of legendary lore in part written down since the introduction of writing.

To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.

To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most perfidious slave." Shak.

A kind of ruff for the neck; a turned-down collar; a rebato. [Obs.] Shak.

f a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle.