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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.

To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds. Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. Ex. xvi. 4.

avy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak.

t liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind Locke.

A rod for forcing down the charge of a gun; a ramrod.

A kitchen grate. [Obs.] He was bid at his first coming to take off the range, and let down the cinders. L'Estrange.

Given to plunder; disposed or accustomed to seize by violence; seizing by force. " The downfall of the rapacious and licentious Knights Templar." Motley.

rave and beat my breast Addison. The mingled torrent of redcoats and tartans went raving down the valley to the gorge of Kiliecrankie. Macaulay.

To devoir with great eagerness. Like rats that ravin down their proper bane. Shak.

er upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten.

er, something held, or the like. Her tresses yellow, and long straughten, Unto her heeles down they raughten. Rom. of R. Reach hither thy hand and thrust it into my side. John xx. 27. Fruit trees, over woody, reached too far Their pampered boughs. Milton.

A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Wright.

To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons; -- with down; as, to reason down a passion.

To check, silence, or put down, with reproof; to restrain by expression of disapprobation; to reprehend sharply and summarily; to chide; to reprove; to admonish. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared. Dryden.