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Radicle :: Radicle (n.) The rudimentary stem of a plant which supports the cotyledons in the seed, and from which the root is developed downward; the stem of the embryo; the caulicle..

Devexity :: Devexity (a.) A bending downward; a sloping; incurvation downward; declivity.

Psilopaedes :: Psilopaedes (n. pl.) birds whose young at first have down on the pterylae only; -- called also Gymnopaedes.

Delapsion :: Delapsion (n.) A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion..

Key :: Key (n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.

Calk :: Calk (n.) A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin..

Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) To drive in or down by frequent gentle strokes; as, to tamp earth so as to make a smooth place..

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

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture..

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

Thesis :: Thesis (n.) The accented part of the measure, expressed by the downward beat; -- the opposite of arsis..

Waddle :: Waddle (v. t.) To trample or tread down, as high grass, by walking through it..

Topple :: Topple (v. i.) To fall forward; to pitch or tumble down.

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which a cause which has been removed on insufficient grounds from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari, or otherwise, is sent down again to the same court, to be proceeded in there..

Mown :: Mown (p. p. & a.) Cut down by mowing, as grass; deprived of grass by mowing; as, a mown field..

Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..

Downhill :: Downhill (a.) Declivous; descending; sloping.

Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..

Rule :: Rule (v. i.) To lay down and settle a rule or order of court; to decide an incidental point; to enter a rule.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..

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