2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
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.
DOWNBEAR
Down"bear`, v. t.
Defn: To bear down; to depress.
DOWNCAST
Down"cast`, a.
Defn: 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.
DOWNCAST
Down"cast`, n.
1. Downcast or melancholy look. That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining)
Defn: A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.