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Down <ref name="term_37736" /> | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59629" /> == | ||
<p> a town in Ireland, forming part of the title of the diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore, of which [[Robert]] Bent Knox (consecrated in 1849) is at present bishop (1868). The see of Dromore, a town in the west of the County Down, was founded in the 6th century, but is now united with Down and Connor. The [[Roman]] Catholic. [[Church]] has one bishop of Down and Connor, and another of Dromore. </p> | <p> DOWN, n. </p> 1. The fine soft feathers of fowls, particularly of the duck kind. The eider duck yields the best kind. Also, fine hair as the down of the chin. 2. The pubescence of plants, a fine hairy substance. 3. The pappus or little crown of certain seeds of plants a fine feathery or hairy substance by which seeds are conveyed to distance by the wind as in dandelion and thistle. 4. Any thing that soothes or mollifies. <p> [[Thou]] bosom softness down of all my cares. </p> <p> DOWN, n. G. </p> 1. A bank or elevation of sand, thrown up by the sea. 2. A large open plain, primarily on elevated land. [[Sheep]] feeding on the downs. <p> DOWN, prep. </p> 1. [[Along]] a descent from a higher to a lower place as, to run down a hill to fall down a precipice to go down the stairs. 2. [[Toward]] the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake. We sail or swim down a stream we sail down the sound from New [[York]] to New London. [[Hence]] figuratively, we pass down the current of life or of time. <p> [[Down]] the sound, in the direction of the ebb-tide towards of the sea. </p> <p> Down the country, towards the sea, or towards the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean. </p> <p> DOWN, adv. </p> 1. [[In]] a descending direction tending from a higher to a lower place as, he is going down. 2. [[On]] the ground, or at the bottom as, he is down hold him down. 3. Below the horizon as, the sun is down. 4. In the direction from a higher to a lower condition as, his reputation is going down. 5. Into disrepute or disgrace. A man may sometimes preach down error he may write down himself or his character, or run down his rival but he can neither preach nor write down folly, vice or fashion. 6. Into subjection into a due consistence as, to boil down, in decoctions and culinary processes. 7. At length extended or prostrate, on the ground or on any flat surface as, to lie down he is lying down. <p> Up and down, here and there in a rambling course. </p> <p> It is sometimes used without a verb, as down, down in which cases, the sense is known by the construction. </p> <p> Down with a building, is a command to pull it down, to demolish it. </p> <p> Down with him, signifies, throw him. </p> <p> Down, down, may signify, come down, or go down, or take down, lower. </p> <p> It is often used by seamen, down with the fore sail, &c. </p> <p> Locke uses it for go down, or be received as, any kind of food will down but the use is not elegant, nor legitimate. </p> <p> [[Sidney]] uses it as a verb, To down proud hearts, to subdue or conquer them but the use is not legitimate. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77306" /> == | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37736" /> == | |||
<p> a town in Ireland, forming part of the title of the diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore, of which [[Robert]] [[Bent]] Knox (consecrated in 1849) is at present bishop (1868). The see of Dromore, a town in the west of the [[County]] Down, was founded in the 6th century, but is now united with [[Down]] and Connor. The [[Roman]] Catholic. [[Church]] has one bishop of Down and Connor, and another of Dromore. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72167" /> == | |||
<p> A maritime county in the SE. of the province of Ulster, Ireland, with a mostly level and fairly fertile soil, and manufactures of linen. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_59629"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/down Down from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77306"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/down Down from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_37736"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/down Down from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_37736"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/down Down from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_72167"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/down Down from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:06, 11 October 2021
King James Dictionary [1]
DOWN, n.
1. The fine soft feathers of fowls, particularly of the duck kind. The eider duck yields the best kind. Also, fine hair as the down of the chin. 2. The pubescence of plants, a fine hairy substance. 3. The pappus or little crown of certain seeds of plants a fine feathery or hairy substance by which seeds are conveyed to distance by the wind as in dandelion and thistle. 4. Any thing that soothes or mollifies.
Thou bosom softness down of all my cares.
DOWN, n. G.
1. A bank or elevation of sand, thrown up by the sea. 2. A large open plain, primarily on elevated land. Sheep feeding on the downs.
DOWN, prep.
1. Along a descent from a higher to a lower place as, to run down a hill to fall down a precipice to go down the stairs. 2. Toward the mouth of a river, or toward the place where water is discharged into the ocean or a lake. We sail or swim down a stream we sail down the sound from New York to New London. Hence figuratively, we pass down the current of life or of time.
Down the sound, in the direction of the ebb-tide towards of the sea.
Down the country, towards the sea, or towards the part where rivers discharge their waters into the ocean.
DOWN, adv.
1. In a descending direction tending from a higher to a lower place as, he is going down. 2. On the ground, or at the bottom as, he is down hold him down. 3. Below the horizon as, the sun is down. 4. In the direction from a higher to a lower condition as, his reputation is going down. 5. Into disrepute or disgrace. A man may sometimes preach down error he may write down himself or his character, or run down his rival but he can neither preach nor write down folly, vice or fashion. 6. Into subjection into a due consistence as, to boil down, in decoctions and culinary processes. 7. At length extended or prostrate, on the ground or on any flat surface as, to lie down he is lying down.
Up and down, here and there in a rambling course.
It is sometimes used without a verb, as down, down in which cases, the sense is known by the construction.
Down with a building, is a command to pull it down, to demolish it.
Down with him, signifies, throw him.
Down, down, may signify, come down, or go down, or take down, lower.
It is often used by seamen, down with the fore sail, &c.
Locke uses it for go down, or be received as, any kind of food will down but the use is not elegant, nor legitimate.
Sidney uses it as a verb, To down proud hearts, to subdue or conquer them but the use is not legitimate.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
a town in Ireland, forming part of the title of the diocese of Down, Connor, and Dromore, of which Robert Bent Knox (consecrated in 1849) is at present bishop (1868). The see of Dromore, a town in the west of the County Down, was founded in the 6th century, but is now united with Down and Connor. The Roman Catholic. Church has one bishop of Down and Connor, and another of Dromore.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [4]
A maritime county in the SE. of the province of Ulster, Ireland, with a mostly level and fairly fertile soil, and manufactures of linen.
