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Show 1 W'"\ DO 2t And the firft dowwn, began to fhade his face. Dryd On thy chin the fpringing beard bega To {pread a doubtful dozvz, and promife ma;). rior 4. The foft fibres of plants which wing th Any light thing that moveth, when we find n wind, fheweth a wind at hand ; as when feathers or dowwn of thiftles, fly to and fro in the air Bacon's Natural Hiftory Like fcatter'd dozvn, by howling Eurus blow By rapid whirlwinds from his manfion thrown Sandys DOWN. #. /. [bun, Saxon ; dune, Exfe, hill.] A large open plain ; properly flat on the top of an hill { On the downs we fee, near Wilton fair A haften'd hare from greedy greyhound go. Sidwey Lord of much riches which the ufe renowns Seven thoufand broad-tail'd fheep graz'd on hi Sandys dowws Not all the fleecy wealt That doth enrich thofe dozvns is worth a thought ‘L'o this my errand, and the care it brought. / Hills afferd pleafant profpets; as they muf needs acknowledge who have been on the dows o Ray Sufiex How Will-a-wifp mifleads night-faring clown O'er hills, and finking bogs, and pathlefs downs To compafs this, his building is a town His pond an ocean, his parterre a down Gay Pope Down. prep. [abuna, Saxon. 1. Along a defcent ; from a higher plac to a lower Let go thy hold when hill, left it break thy nec the great one that goe after Difcolouring all fhe view'd, in tawney drefs'd Dowwnlook'd, and with a cuckoo on her fit. Dryd 7. [anfwering to up.] = Here and there But love him as he was when youthful grace feeds Jealoufy, fuffus'd with jaundice in her eyes learned world, than a man who has written himfel _doon Addifon 3. Soft wool, or tender hair 1 love my hufband ftill ', Vi DO great wheel runs dozv with following it; bu upward, let him dra Shakefpeare's King Lear A man falling down a precipice, though in motion, is not at liberty, becaufe he cannot ftop tha DownLY ING. adj to be in travail o Dowwnri'GHT. adv 1. Straight or righ dicularly Let them wander #p and down for meat, an grudge if they be not fatisfied Pfalm lix. 15 Down inter; 1. An exhortation to deftru&tion or demolition Go, fome pull down the Savoy; others to th A giant's flain in fight inns of courts: dowwn with them all. Shakefpeare If there be ten, fhrink not, but dozon wit them Or mow'd o'erthwart, or cleft downright. Hudibras 2. In plain terms; without ceremony Shakefpeare Elves, away But now they cry, down with the palace, fire it Pull out th" ufurping queen We fhall chide dowvnright if 1 longer fray Dryden z. A contemptuous threat This paper put Mrs. Bullin fuch a paflion, tha Dowwnri'cHT. adj 1. Plain ; open; apparent; undifguifed An admonition from a dead author, or a cavea If he be hungry more than wanton, bread alon will don 5 and if he be not hungry, "tis not fit h fhould eat Locke I know not how abfurd this may feem to th mafters of demonftration; and probably it wil hardly down with any body, at firft hearing. Lacke knock Arbuthnot the fell downright into a fit To be digefted ; to b 70 Down. @. a. [from the particle. Shak 3. Completely ; without ftopping fhort Doawn, down to hell, and fay I fent thee thither Shakefpeare Down. [70 g0. received [down and lie.] Abou childbirth [down and right. down ; down perpen from an impartial pen, will prevail more than dowwnright advice, which may be miftaken a Bacon fpoken magifterially It is downright madnefs to ftrike where we hav L' Eftrange no power to hurt The merchant's wife, who abounds in plenty, i not to have downright money; but the mercenar T to fubdue ; to fupprefs ; to con part of her mind is engaged with a prefent of plate Spectator ‘T'he hidden beauties {eem'd in wait to lie To down proud hearts that would not willing die Sidney 2. Dire@ly tending to the point ; plain Wanton languifhing borrowed of her eyes th doawncaft look of modefty Sidney My wily nurfe by long experience found And firft difcover'd to my foul its wound *T'is love, faid fhe; and then my downcaft eyes And guilty dumbnefs, witnefs'd my furprize Dryden Thy downcaft looks, and thy diforder'd thoughts Tell me my fate: I afk not the fuccef 3. Unceremonious; honeftly furly uer Do'wncasr. adj. [down and caf. down ; direéted to the ground My caufe has found artlefs 1 would rather have a plain dowrright wifdom than a foolifh and affefted eloquence Ben Fonfor's Difcoverics Ben When it came to the count to fpeak, old Fa&t f ftared him in the face, after his plain downrigh way, that the count was ftruck dumb Addifor's Count Tariff 4. Plain ; without palliation The idolatry was dire& and downright in th people, whofe credulity is illimitable Brown's Vulgar Errours Addifon's Cato o Religion feems not in danger from dowarigh atheifm, fince rational men muft rejeét that fo want of proof Rogers Down. adv Why doft thou fay king Richard is depos'd Dar't thou, thou little better thing than earth Divine his downfal Shake[peare's Richard 11 Do'wnsiTTIiNG., 7. f. [downr and jfit. Reft; repofe; the a& of fitting down or going to reft Who We have feen fome, by the ways by which the had defigned to rife uncontrollably, to have direétl procured their utter dozvnfal Swuth motion if he would z. Towards the mouth of a river Locke Mahomet put his chief fubftance into certai boats, to be conveyed down the river, as purpofin to fly Knolles Not up 1. On the ground; from the height a which any thing was to a lower fituation they hit, none on their feet might frand Though ftanding elfe as rocks; but dewn they fel By thoufands Milton's Paradife Loft Doavn finks the giant with a thund'ring found His pond'rous limbs opprefs the trembling ground Dryden 2. Tending towards the ground 3. From former to latter times: as, thi has been the practice dowx from th conqueft 4. Out of fight ; below the horizon How goes the night, boy «The moon is down; I have not heard the clock And fhe goes dozon at twelve Shakefp. Macbeth Do'wNFaAL. #. /. [from down and fall. 1. Ruin calamity fal fro ran ftate From their rich bowels, rolls a filver ftream As you lift up the glaffes, the drop will afcen forc'd us, though againft the grain ‘T have calls to preach i It has been ftill preache and dealt with as the eagl the oyfter, carrying it up o up again. Hudibras up, but adted dovn in' the fable did wit high, that, by lettin it fall, he might dafh it in pieces South There is not a more melancholy objet in th flower and flower, and at length reft, being carrie Not more aghaft the matrons of renown When tyrant Nero burn'd th" imperial town Shriek'd for the dowwnfal in a doleful cry For which their guiltlefs lords were dgom'd to die Dryden the attraction Look downwar With light from hence, fhines Hills are ornamental to th foar And, little lefs than angel, would be more Now, looking downavards, juft as griev'd appear To want the ftrength of bulls, the fur of bears. Pope vity ; defcent 3. I Heavy the third, and ®iff, he finks apace And though 'tis downbill all, but creeps along th And the firft fteps a downhill greenfward yields Congreve Do'wnr0o0kED. adj. [down and/ook.] Hav' ing a dejected countenance; gloomy fullen ; melancholy earth Milton affordin pleafant profpeés to them that look downvard from them upon the fubjacent countries Ray on the Creation What would this man? Now upward will h Do'wNHILL. 7. [ [doewnand bill.] Decli Do'wNniLL.adj. Declivous ; defcending on that globe, whofe hithe fide The land is now divorced by the dowwnfalle fteep cliffs on the farther fide, Car. Szrw.of Cornw Dryden Newtost 2. From a higher fituation to a lower Ruined ; fallen race by its weight as much as upwards b downwar Do'WNFALLEN. participial adj. [ down an Lord Hamlet, with his ftockings loofe Ungarter'd, and downgyred to his ancles. Shakefp An 1. Towards the centre Dryd ‘What remains of the fubje&, after the decoction, is-continued to be boiled dowwn, with the addition of freth water, to a fapid fat. Arbuth. on Alim We had fo painfully preach'd dowwn (247 [dunepeand, Sax. Do'wrwarp 3. Deftruétion of fabricks fall. Pfalm cxxxix. 2 Do'wNWARD. Each downfal of a flood the mountains pou Do'wNGyYRED. adj. [down and gyred. Let down 1in circular wrinkles He fhar'd our dividend o' th' crown ing; thou underftandeft my thoughts afar off 2. A fudden fall, or body of things falling 5. To a total fubjetion : ufed of men an things 6. Into difgrace ; into declining reputation Thou knoweft my downfitting and mine uprif a courfe of fucceflive or lineal de {cent A ring the count does wear That dewaward hath fucceeded in his houfe From fon to {on, fome four or five defcents. Shak Do'wNwaRD. adj 1. Movin ward ground on a declivity ; tending to th centre 4D tendin t th Wit |