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Seesaw :: Seesaw (v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To bend forward and downward; to bow down; as, to stoop the body..

Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.

Dipping :: Dipping (n.) The act of inclining downward.

Cernuous :: Cernuous (a.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Headlong; running downward or headlong.

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..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward; -- the opposite of ascend..

Sheth :: Sheth (n.) The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called standard, or post..

Obimbricate :: Obimbricate (a.) Imbricated, with the overlapping ends directed downward..

Backhand :: Backhand (n.) A kind of handwriting in which the downward slope of the letters is from left to right.

Declivity :: Declivity (n.) Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity..

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..

Flatlong :: Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Adown :: Adown (adv.) From a higher to a lower situation; downward; down, to or on the ground..

Decurrent :: Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.

Deflux :: Deflux (n.) Downward flow.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip..

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