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Deflow :: Deflow (v. i.) To flow down.

Rain :: Rain (v. t.) To pour or shower down from above, like rain from the clouds..

Lower :: Lower (a.) To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down; as, to lower a flag..

Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To lay down beforehand.

Tralatitious :: Tralatitious (a.) Passed along; handed down; transmitted.

Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..

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

Herb :: Herb (n.) A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering..

Imperator :: Imperator (n.) A commander; a leader; an emperor; -- originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an important victory. Subsequently the title was conferred as a recognition of great military achievements by the senate, whence it carried wiht it some special privileges. After the downfall of the Republic it was assumed by Augustus and his successors, and came to have the meaning now attached to the word emperor..

Sagittate :: Sagittate (a.) Shaped like an arrowhead; triangular, with the two basal angles prolonged downward..

Crossbar :: Crossbar (n.) A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down..

Cata :: Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic..

Scarp :: Scarp (v. t.) To cut down perpendicularly, or nearly so; as, to scarp the face of a ditch or a rock..

Dip :: Dip (n.) Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.

Pith :: Pith (v. t.) To destroy the central nervous system of (an animal, as a frog), as by passing a stout wire or needle up and down the vertebral canal..

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..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

Abate :: Abate (v. t.) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ..

Decumbency :: Decumbency (n.) The act or posture of lying down.

Degrade :: Degrade (v. t.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down..

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