Definition of down

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Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

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Recite :: Recite (v. t.) To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Downweigh :: Downweigh (v. t.) To weigh or press down.
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship..
Joseph :: "Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front..
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Gradient :: Gradient (n.) A part of a road which slopes upward or downward; a portion of a way not level; a grade.
Indican :: Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo..
Mat :: Mat (a.) Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain.
Landowner :: Landowner (n.) An owner of land.
Imprecate :: Imprecate (v. t.) To call down by prayer, as something hurtful or calamitous..
Unbowed :: Unbowed (a.) Not bent or arched; not bowed down.
Pantaloon :: Pantaloon (n.) A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one..
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch..
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Stump :: Stump (n.) To put (a batsman) out of play by knocking off the bail, or knocking down the stumps of the wicket he is defending while he is off his allotted ground; -- sometimes with out..
Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..
Couchancy :: Couchancy (n.) State of lying down for repose.
Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) The cutting lip which projects downward at the edge of a boring bit and cuts a circular groove in the wood to limit the size of the hole that is bored.
Razee :: Razee (v. t.) To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or class, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article..
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