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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.</def>

<blockquote>Dire were the consequences which would follow the <b>downfall</b> of so important a place. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Downfallen</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"fall`en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fallen; ruined.</def>

<i>Carew.</i>

<h1>Downfalling</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"fall`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Falling down.</def>

<h1>Downgyved</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"gyved`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hanging down like gyves or fetters.</def> <mark>[Poetic & Rare]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Downhaul</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"haul`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; <as>as, a staysail <ex>downhaul</ex>; a trysail <ex>downhaul</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Downhearted</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"heart`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dejected; low-spirited.</def>

<h1>Downhill</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"hill`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Towards the bottom of a hill; <as>as, water runs <ex>downhill</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Downhill</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"hill`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Declivous; descending; sloping.</def> "A <i>downhill</i> greensward."

<i>Congrewe.</i>

<h1>Downhill</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"hill`</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Declivity; descent; slope.</def>

<blockquote>On th' icy <b>downhills</b> of this slippery life. <i>Du Bartas (Trans. ).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Downiness</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being downy.</def>

<h1>Downlooked</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"looked`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a downcast countenance; dejected; gloomy; sullen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Downlying</h1> <Xpage=449>