Part 3434

<i>Florio.</i>

<h1>Downstream</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"stream`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Down the stream; <as>as, floating <ex>downstream</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Downstroke</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"stroke`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Penmanship)</fld> <def>A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.</def>

<h1>Downthrow</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"throw`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See <er>Throw</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Downtrod, Downtrodden</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw><hw>Down"trod`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Down"trod`den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Downward, Downwards</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw><hw>Down"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Down"wards</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ad<?/nweard</ets>. See <er>Down</er>, <tt>adv.</tt>, and <er>-ward</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; <as>as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, <ex>downward</ex> or <ex>downwards</ex></as>.</def> "Looking <i>downwards</i>."

<i>Pope.</i>

<blockquote>Their heads they <b>downward</b> bent. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.</def>

<blockquote>And <b>downward</b> fell into a groveling swine. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.</def>

<blockquote>A ring the county wears, That <b>downward</b> hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Downward</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"ward</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>downward</b> force That drove the sand along he took his way. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Descending from a head, origin, or source; <as>as, a <ex>downward</ex> line of descent</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; <as>as, <ex>downward</ex> thoughts</as>.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<h1>Downweed</h1> <Xpage=449>

<hw>Down"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Cudweed, a species of <i>Gnaphalium</i>.</def>

<h1>Downweigh</h1> <Xpage=449>