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Downhill :: Downhill (adv.) Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill..

Outface :: Outface (v. t.) To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.

Despection :: Despection (n.) A looking down; a despising.

Down :: Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.

Vertically :: Vertically (adv.) In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically..

Lapwing :: Lapwing (n.) A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and is noted for its rapid, irregular fight, upwards, downwards, and in circles. Its back is coppery or greenish bronze. Its eggs are the plover's eggs of the London market, esteemed a delicacy. It is called also peewit, dastard plover, and wype. The gray lapwing is the Squatarola cinerea..

Ruin :: Ruin (n.) The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

Such :: Succussive (a.) Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes..

Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.

Egret :: Egret (n.) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, as the down of the thistle..

Declension :: Declension (n.) A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc..

Uncial :: Uncial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somewhat rounded, and the upstrokes and downstrokes usually have a slight inclination. These letters were used as early as the 1st century b. c., and were seldom used after the 10th century a. d., being superseded by the cursive style..

Flatlong :: Flatlong (adv.) With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds..

Jolt :: "Jolt (v. t.) To cause to shake with a sudden up and down motion, as in a carriage going over rough ground, or on a high-trotting horse; as, the horse jolts the rider; fast driving jolts the carriage and the passengers..

Cotton :: Cotton (n.) A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half..

Prostration :: Prostration (n.) The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship..

Sash :: Sash (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate..

Jiggle :: Jiggle (v. i.) To wriggle or frisk about; to move awkwardly; to shake up and down.

Englut :: Englut (v. t.) To swallow or gulp down.

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