Definition of down

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Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.

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Destruction :: Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Depose :: Depose (v. t.) To testify under oath; to bear testimony to; -- now usually said of bearing testimony which is officially written down for future use.
Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To set down, as in writing..
Pricksong :: Pricksong (v. t.) Music written, or noted, with dots or points; -- so called from the points or dots with which it is noted down..
Cross-reading :: Cross-reading (n.) The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas..
Tralatitious :: Tralatitious (a.) Passed along; handed down; transmitted.
Positive :: Positive (a.) Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..
Lop :: Lop (v. t.) To let hang down; as, to lop the head..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..
Prolapse :: Prolapse (n.) The falling down of a part through the orifice with which it is naturally connected, especially of the uterus or the rectum..
Calade :: Calade (n.) A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches..
Tail :: Tail (v. i.) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; -- said of a vessel at anchor; as, this vessel tails down stream..
Garter :: Garter (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.
Backdown :: Backdown (n.) A receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Hew :: Hew (n.) Destruction by cutting down.
Down :: Down (n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle..
Place :: Place (n.) To attribute; to ascribe; to set down.
Base :: Base (a.) To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower..
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