Definition of down

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Down (n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool.

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Depend :: Depend (v. i.) To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Taffy :: Taffy (n.) A kind of candy made of molasses or brown sugar boiled down and poured out in shallow pans.
Transmit :: Transmit (v. t.) To cause to pass over or through; to communicate by sending; to send from one person or place to another; to pass on or down as by inheritance; as, to transmit a memorial; to transmit dispatches; to transmit money, or bills of exchange, from one country to another..
Capellet :: Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down..
Snotter :: Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements were encumbered by his mantle; his mind is encumbered with useless learning..
Fecula :: Fecula (n.) Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence..
Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Glissade :: Glissade (n.) A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps..
Chart :: Chart (v. t.) To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast..
Deflow :: Deflow (v. i.) To flow down.
Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..
Swans-down :: Swans-down (n.) The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress..
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..
Procidentia :: Procidentia (n.) A falling down; a prolapsus.
Key :: Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.
Retrorse :: Retrorse (a.) Bent backward or downward.
Unarm :: Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor..
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