downdraft, downdraught (doun draft)

1. A downward draft or current of air, as in a chimney, the shaft of a mine, etc.-2. A burden; anything that draws one down, especially in worldly circumstances: as, he has been a down - draft on me. [Scotch pron. dön dracht.] IMG:content-3111.png:[blocks in formation] down draw (doun'dra), n . down-east (doun'est'), prep . phr.asa. Coming from or living in the northeastern part of New