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Down
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(adv.) Hence: Towards the mouth of a river; towards the sea; as, to sail or swim down a stream; to sail down the sound.
(2):
(adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(adv.) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a decent; below the horizon; of the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.
(5):
(prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.
(6):
(a.) Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial.
(7):
(adv.) In the direction of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; - the opposite of up.
(8):
(prep.) A road for shipping in the English Channel or Straits of Dover, near Deal, employed as a naval rendezvous in time of war.
(9):
(n.) Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool
(10):
(n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets.
(11):
(n.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle.
(12):
(n.) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear.
(13):
(n.) That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down
(14):
(v. t.) To cover, ornament, line, or stuff with down.
(15):
(prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near the shore; a flattish-topped hill; - usually in the plural.
(16):
(prep.) A tract of poor, sandy, undulating or hilly land near the sea, covered with fine turf which serves chiefly for the grazing of sheep; - usually in the plural.
(17):
(a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
(18):
(adv.) In a descending direction along; from a higher to a lower place upon or within; at a lower place in or on; as, down a hill; down a well.
(19):
(a.) Downcast; as, a down look.
(20):
(v. i.) To go down; to descend.
(21):
(adv.) From a remoter or higher antiquity.
(22):
(v. t.) To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Down'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/down.html. 1828.
