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Pinnately cut with the lobes pointing downwards, as the leaf of the dandelion.

, in sheet-metal roofing, a joint formed by bending up the edge of a sheet and folding it downward over the turned-up edge of the next sheet. -- Saddle roof (Arch.), a roof having two gables and one ridge; -- said of such a roof when used in places where a different form is more common; as, a tower surmounted by a sad…

between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging.

Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward.

a) The lady crab. (b) A land crab, or ocypodian. -- Sand crack (Far.), a crack extending downward from the coronet, in the wall of a horse's hoof, which often causes lameness. -- Sand cricket (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large terrestrial crickets of the genus Stenophelmatus and allied genera, native of the…

To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post.

iphon condenser, a condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. -- Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a…

ingers with the least possible friction. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. [Cant] -- Spit baller.

To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward. Shak. He frets, he fumes, he stares, he stamps the ground. Dryden.

To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.

To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." Dryden.

Inclined downward from opposite directions, so as to meet in a common point or line.

The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

The root of a plant which penetrates the earth directly downward to a considerable depth without dividing.

The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis.

A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.

Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate.

In an inverted posture; with the top or head downward; upside down; as, to turn a carriage topsy-turvy.

wing either outward from a central chamber, inward from an external casing, or from above downward, etc.; -- also called turbine wheel.