Definition of down

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Down (prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; -- usually in the plural.

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Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A single turn of the thread round a needle in knitting; a link, or loop, of yarn; as, to let down, or drop, a stitch; to take up a stitch..
Katabolism :: Katabolism (n.) Destructive or downward metabolism; regressive metamorphism; -- opposed to anabolism. See Disassimilation.
Wrestle :: Wrestle (n.) A struggle between two persons to see which will throw the other down; a bout at wrestling; a wrestling match; a struggle.
Windfallen :: Windfallen (a.) Blown down by the wind.
Bluff-headed :: Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Downward :: Downward (adv.) Alt. of Downward.
Chastened :: Chastened (a.) Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down.
Psilopaedes :: Psilopaedes (n. pl.) birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; -- called also Gymnopaedes.
Martingal :: Martingal (n.) A strap fastened to a horse's girth, passing between his fore legs, and fastened to the bit, or now more commonly ending in two rings, through which the reins pass. It is intended to hold down the head of the horse, and prevent him from rearing..
Overgo :: Overgo (v. t.) To oppress; to weigh down.
Windfall :: Windfall (n.) Anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc..
Deep :: Deep (adv.) To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Top-shaped :: Top-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a top; (Bot.) cone-shaped, with the apex downward; turbinate..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..
Toboggan :: Toboggan (v. i.) To slide down hill over the snow or ice on a toboggan.
Pubescence :: Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered..
Reclined :: Reclined (a.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
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