downthrow (dounthro)

In mining, a dislocation of the strata by which any bed of rock or seam of coal has been brought into a position lower than that it would otherwise have occupied. See dislocation and fault. down-tree (doun'trē), n. The Ochroma Lago pus, of tropical America: so called from the woolly covering of the seeds. downtrodden, downtrod (doun'trod"n, -trod), a. Trodden down; trampled upon; tyrannized over. That Adam and Eue and hus i ue alle Sholden deye doun - ryht and dwelle in peyne euere, Yf the i touchede the treo and of the frut eten. Piers Plowman (C), xxi. 199. He is a downright witty companion, that met me here purposely to be pleasant and eat a Trout. 1. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 84. 4. Forthwith; without delay; at once. This paper put Mrs. Bull in such a pa ion that she fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot .