Part 507

Down"come` (-km), n. 1. Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow. Milton.

2. (Iron Manuf.) A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.

Down"fall` (-fl`), n. 1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid.

Holland.

Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.

Dryden.

2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.

Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place.

Motley.

Down"fall`en (-fl`'n), a. Fallen; ruined. Carew.

Down"fall`ing, a. Falling down.

Down"gyved` (?), a. Hanging down like gyves or fetters. [Poetic & Rare] Shak.

Down"haul` (?), n. (Naut.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul.

Down"heart`ed (?), a. Dejected; low-spirited.

Down"hill` (?), adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

Down"hill`, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe.

Down"hill`, n. Declivity; descent; slope.

On th' icy downhills of this slippery life.

Du Bartas (Trans. ).

Down"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being downy.

Down"looked` (?), a. Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen. [R.] Dryden.

Down"ly`ing (?), n. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. Cavendish.

At the downlying, at the travail in childbirth. [Scot.]

Down"pour` (?), n. A pouring or streaming downwards; esp., a heavy or continuous shower.

Down"right` (?), adv. 1. Straight down; perpendicularly.

2. In plain terms; without ceremony.

We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.