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Set :: Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.

Landowning :: Landowning (n.) The owning of land.

Float :: Float (v. i.) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft..

Feather :: Feather (n.) One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down..

Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

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..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) 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.

Position :: Position (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position..

Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind..

Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To strike down; to slaughter.

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Woodman :: Woodman (n.) One who cuts down trees; a woodcutter.

Down :: Down (v. i.) To go down; to descend.

Downhill :: Downhill (n.) Declivity; descent; slope.

Ruinate :: Ruinate (v. t.) To cause to fall; to cast down.

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..

Nappy :: Nappy (a.) Having a nap or pile; downy; shaggy.

Annihilate :: Annihilate (v. t.) To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees..

Downright :: Downright (a.) Plain; direct; unceremonious; blunt; positive; as, he spoke in his downright way..

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