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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Landowning :: Landowning (n.) The owning of land.
Digastric :: Digastric (a.) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw..
Joseph :: "Joseph (n.) An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Downright :: Downright (adv.) In plain terms; without ceremony.
Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..
Nuthook :: Nuthook (n.) A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts.
Obconical :: Obconical (a.) Conical, but having the apex downward; inversely conical..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent..
Downfallen :: Downfallen (a.) Fallen; ruined.
Downlooked :: Downlooked (a.) Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.
Afflict :: Afflict (v. t.) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
Razee :: Razee (v. t.) An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate..
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..
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Note :: Note (n.) To set down in musical characters.
Baldrib :: Baldrib (n.) A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat..
Fleet :: Fleet (v. t.) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain..
Descent :: Descent (n.) Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc..
Vertically :: Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically..
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