DOWNSTROKE
Down"stroke`, n. (Penmanship)
Defn: A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
DOWNTHROW
Down"throw`, n. (Geol.)
Defn: The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n.
DOWNTROD; DOWNTRODDEN
Down"trod`, Down"trod`den, a.
Defn: Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.
DOWNWARD; DOWNWARDS Down"ward, Down"wards, adv. Etym: [AS. ad. See Down, adv., and - ward.]
1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards. "Looking downwards." Pope. Their heads they downward bent. Drayton.
2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin. And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton.
3. From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.