down lying (dounliing)

and a. [Sc.] I. n. 1. The time of retiring to rest; time of repose. -2. The time at which a woman is to give birth to a child; lying-in: as, she's at the down lying. II. a. About to lie down or to be in travail of childbirth. downpour (doun'por), n. [ When you left us at 'Frisco we felt pretty down some . F. R. Stock ton , The Dusantes, iii. down-stairs (doun's tarz'), prep . phr . as adv . Down the stairs; below; to or on a lower floor: as, he went or is down - stairs . down-stairs (doun's tarz), prep. phr. as a. Pertaining or relating to, or situated on, the lower floor of a house: as, he is in one of the down stairs rooms.