downfallen

[Eng. down, and fallen (q. v.).] 1. Lit.: Fallen into ruins; ruined, dilapidated. "The land is now divorced by the downfallen steep cliffs on the farther side."- Carew: Survey of Cornwall. 2. Fig .: Ruined; fallen or thrown from power, rank, or position. "And gathering all whose madne of belief Still saw a savior in their downfallen chief." Moore: Veiled Prophet of Khor as san. For the difference between downfall and fall , see FALL. down-heart-ěd, a . [Eng. down , and hearted .] Dejected or depre ed in spirit; dispirited. "Dinna be overly downhearted when ye see how wonderfully ye are ta'en care o'."- R . Gilhaize , ii. 317. down-hill, a . & adv . [Eng. down , and hill (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Sloping downward, descending, declivous. IMG:content-0451.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0452.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0453.png:[blocks in formation] 1. In a direction from a higher to a lower elevation; from above, down; in a descending course or line. "Munekes eoden vpward, munekes eoden dunward." Layamon, ii. 123. 2. Toward a lower place or elevation. "Hills are ornamental to the earth, affording pleasant prospects to them that look downward from them upon the subjacent countries." -Ray: On the Creation. 3. Toward the bottom or the lowest extremity. "The crop es turned donward." Hampole: Prick of Conscience, 663. 4. In the lower parts; at the extremities. "Dagon his name, sea-monster, upward man, And downward fish." Milton: P. L. , 462, 463. 5. In the direction or course from the head, spring, or source, toward the outlet; as, to sail downward toward the sea. IMG:content-0454.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Descending from a head, origin, or source. *2. Depre ed, dejected, melancholy, gloomy. "At the lowest of my downward thoughts, I pulled up my heart to remember, that nothing is achieved before it be thoroughly attempted, and that lying still doth never go forward."-Sidney. downward-discharge water-wheel, s . One form of the turbine or reaction water-wheel. The water is admitted at the periphery, from a spiral chute which surrounds the wheel, and, pa ing inward in a radial direction, curves and descends vertically.