3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.
Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc. -- Down in the mouth, chopfallen; dejected.
Down"bear` (?), v. t. To bear down; to depress.
Down"cast` (doun"kst`), a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt.
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
Dryden.
-- Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.
Down"cast`, n. 1. Downcast or melancholy look.
That downcast of thine eye.
Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
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.