2. Noun. (plural of down) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of down) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downs
1. down [v] - See also: down
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downs
Literary usage of Downs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1914)
"Downingtown, 6th S., IX, 419, 4'51. Downline, David, 6th S., I, 631, 948. Downs, ,
6th S., XI, 258. Downs, Cabh, 6th S., IX, 330, 428, 525. Downs ..."
2. The Harleian Miscellany; Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"Downs, and their resolution to engage them, between Dover and Calais. The manner
how Sir George Aj-scue, with great policy, obtained the wind; ..."
3. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"Progress of the Downs. THK downs or hillocks of sand which the sea throws up on low
... Wherever human industry has not succeeded in fixing these downs, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"Downs. W. AND H. MASSINGILL, PLAINTIFFS, v. AC Downs, CLAIMANT. Where a judgment
was obtained in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of ..."
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