down weigh (dounwa)

t. To weigh or pre down; depre ; cause to sink or prevent from rising. A different sin down weighs them to the bottom. Long fellow , tr. of Dante's Inferno, vi. 86. 1752 ologia, Sanctus or Seraphic Hymn, founded on Isa. vi. 3, to a series of Halleluiahs (see Rev. xix. 4, 6), to metrical forms of the Gloria Patri, and to other metrical ascriptions to the Trinity. The ascription to the Trinity at the end of a sermon is sometimes called a doxology. An expre doxology or adoration, which is apt and fit to conclude all our prayers and addre es to God. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed., 1835), I. 228. The Psalms,... united three or four together under a single Doxology , came next, according to their present monthly arrangement, in the version of the Great Bible. R. W. Dixon , Hist. Church of Eng., xv. doxy (dok'si), n.; pl. doxies (-siz). [Also formerly doxie , doccy ; a slang or cant term, prob. of D. or LG. origin, as if doketje , dim. of The Forest of Dart more, and the downy part of Ash burton, Isling ton, Bridford, . dokke, a doll. Cf. East Fries. doktje, a small bundle, dim. of dok, LG. dokke, a bundle, supposed to be the same word as dok, a doll: see under dock2. Cf. duck3, from the same source.] A So doth the swan her downy cygnets save. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 3. IMG:content-3115.png:[blocks in formation] sense, a paramour. O. Doxy, Moll, what's that? M. His wench. Middle ton and Dekker , Roaring Girl, i. 1. The beggar has no relish above sensations; he finds rest more agreeable than motion; and while he has a warm fire and his doxy , never reflects that he deserves to be whipped. Steele , Spectator, No. 6.