Definition of down

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Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle..

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Down :: Down (adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well..
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Demiss :: Demiss (a.) Cast down; humble; submissive.
Sun-dried :: Sundown (n.) A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.
Chastened :: Chastened (a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch..
Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..
Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..
Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Lieberkuhn :: Lieberkuhn (n.) A concave metallic mirror attached to the object-glass end of a microscope, to throw down light on opaque objects; a reflector..
Overgo :: Overgo (v. t.) To oppress; to weigh down.
Hanch :: Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway..
Obimbricate :: Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright.
Pubescence :: Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered..
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..
Orgue :: Orgue (n.) Any one of a number of long, thick pieces of timber, pointed and shod with iron, and suspended, each by a separate rope, over a gateway, to be let down in case of attack..
Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..
Metacromion :: Metacromion (n.) A process projecting backward and downward from the acromion of the scapula of some mammals.
Downcast :: Downcast (a.) Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt..
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