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Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..

Distill :: Distill (v. t.) To let fall or send down in drops.

Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure..

Outstare :: Outstare (v. t.) To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

Subsidence :: Subside (v. i.) To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided..

Repose :: Repose (v.) To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework..

Disassimilation :: Disassimilation (n.) The decomposition of complex substances, within the organism, into simpler ones suitable only for excretion, with evolution of energy, -- a normal nutritional process the reverse of assimilation; downward metabolism..

Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest..

Sabre :: Sabre (v. t.) To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber..

Cumbent :: Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.

Downhaul :: Downhaul (n.) A rope to haul down, or to assist in hauling down, a sail; as, a staysail downhaul; a trysail downhaul..

Chop :: Chop (v. t.) To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.

Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager..

Hyponasty :: Hyponasty (n.) Downward convexity, or convexity of the inferior surface..

Hobnail :: Hobnail (v. t.) To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes..

Vanquish :: Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute..

Knockdown :: Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..

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