downcomen.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnkʌm/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌkəm/, Scottish English

/ˈdʌʊnkʌm/

Forms: see down- prefix and come v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, come n.¹

Etymology: < down- prefix + come n.¹, after to come down at come v. Phrasal verbs 1 and downcome v. Compare earlier downcoming n. Compare also later comedown n.

Now chiefly Scottish.

a. The action or an act of coming down (in various senses); descent from a higher place or position; downfall; humiliation; (also) a downpour. Cf. downcoming n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun]

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descendinga1382

downcominga1398

lowinga1398

descenta1413

descencec1425

descensionc1425

degression1486

downcomea1522

downstroke1551

decourse1585

vailinga1593

nod1597

delapsion1603

delapse1625

down1647

fall1647

the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > fact of being humiliated

fallc1225

downcominga1398

descension?c1425

downcomea1522

descent1533

tumble1728

comedown1840

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. iv. l. 59 At down come of thir harpeys.

1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 31 Loues feares will stope to the lowest downcome.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 9 Like the sudden down-come of a Towre.

1776 J. Copland St. Andrews iii. 51 Demolish'd capitols, and ruin'd walls, The final down-come of her state portend.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 127 It's a brave kirk... It had amaist a doun-come lang syne at the Reformation.

1876 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence iii. 79 That sense of downcome which is perhaps, of all other sensations of poverty, the most hard to bear.

1884 C. G. Rossetti Let. 2 Sept. in Family Lett. (1908) 145 Now that rain has fallen in some quantity and in repeated downcomes perhaps something may be feasible.

1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xv. 155 It was a downcome..to pack in among a crowd of the Barbie sprats.

1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin iii. 32 Modest though her father's town was, she had been unwilling to leave it for the down-come of crafting life.

2005 B. Holton tr. Qu Yuan Nine Sangs ix, in Lallans No. 67. 29 Easslin wunds risin, ay, douncome o ferlie rain.

†b. Falconry. The swooping of a bird of prey upon its quarry; = stoop n.² 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [noun] > seizing quarry

downcome1575

quarry1607

binding1706

pouncing1807

griffade1852

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 9 Shee making hir downecomme, and stouping from hir wings.

1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 20 If it be possible let them kill it at the next downe come, for so shall you please your young hawke in due time.

1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 91 The Falcon-gentle..hath a natural inclination and love to fly the Hern every way, either from her Wings to the down-come, or from the Fist and aforehead.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 219 Tropick Birds..stooping to their Game..perform it at one down-come.

1773 J. Campbell Treat. Mod. Faulconry xxiii. 188 Shew her the fowl..and let her still contend for it with her antagonist; and so much the better If they kill it at the next down-come.

2. Engineering. A pipe or tube which conveys liquid or gases downwards, esp. in a blast furnace; = downcomer n. 2. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other types of pipe

swan-pen1426

service pipe1718

standpipe1728

service1786

jet pipe1795

safety tube1803

gas pipe1807

outlet pipe1837

pipette1839

downpipe1846

nipple1863

downcomer1868

downcome1872

wyea1877

benda1884

Y brancha1884

gas line1887

sparge pipe1910

riser1962

marine riser1972

1872 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 22 Oct. 264/1 The gases pass off..partly through five lateral openings, from which branch tubes lead to the wrought-iron columns or down-come tubes.

1878 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 51 330 The gases are taken off by a side tube and downcome as in an ordinary blast furnace.

1912 Metall. & Chem. Engin. 10 804/2 Mr. Dougherty had taken out a patent for overcoming this difficulty by inserting a cushion of steam in the downcome to prevent the dangerous mixture of gas and air.

2015 European Patent Applic. 2955288 A1 1 The cistern is coupled via a downcome to the toilet bowl, such that flushing water can stream from the cistern into the toilet bowl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

downcomev.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnkʌm/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌkəm/

Forms: see down- prefix and come v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, come v.

Etymology: < down- prefix + come v. Compare to come down at come v. Phrasal verbs 1.Compare Old English adūnecuman ( < adūne- (see adown adv. and prep.) + come v.) in an (elliptical) element-by-element gloss of Latin descendere to come or go down:OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke x. 30 Homo quidam descendebat ab hierusalem in hiericho : monn sum adune astigade uel cuom from hierusalem in ðær byrig.

rare after Middle English.

intransitive. To come down (in various senses); to descend from a higher place or position. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)]

styc825

astyc975

alightOE

to fall adownOE

hieldc1275

downcomea1300

sink?a1300

avalec1374

to go downa1375

to come downc1380

dipc1390

descenda1393

clinea1400

declinea1400

downc1400

inclinec1400

vailc1400

fallc1440

devall1477

condescendc1485

to get down1567

lower1575

dismount1579

to fall down1632

down?1701

demount1837

a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 18 Welle heȝ is tat hil, ðat is heuenriche... Miȝte neure diuel witen..Hu he [sc. Jesus] dun come.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1608 [He] sag..A leddre stonden, and ðor-on Angeles dun cumen and up gon.

a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 4290 He sal do fire fra þe heven don com.

1993 J. Womack Random Acts of Senseless Violence 251 The light outside his building burned out and that heartened cause the darker the better when it all downcomes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downcome
释义	downcomen. Brit. /ˈdaʊnkʌm/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌkəm/, Scottish English /ˈdʌʊnkʌm/ Forms: see down- prefix and come v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, come n.¹ Etymology: < down- prefix + come n.¹, after to come down at come v. Phrasal verbs 1 and downcome v. Compare earlier downcoming n. Compare also later comedown n. Now chiefly Scottish. 1. a. The action or an act of coming down (in various senses); descent from a higher place or position; downfall; humiliation; (also) a downpour. Cf. downcoming n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] avalingc1380 descendinga1382 downcominga1398 lowinga1398 descenta1413 descencec1425 descensionc1425 degression1486 downcomea1522 downstroke1551 decourse1585 vailinga1593 nod1597 delapsion1603 delapse1625 down1647 fall1647 the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > fact of being humiliated fallc1225 downcominga1398 descension?c1425 downcomea1522 descent1533 tumble1728 comedown1840 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. iv. l. 59 At down come of thir harpeys. 1591 R. Southwell Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares f. 31 Loues feares will stope to the lowest downcome. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 9 Like the sudden down-come of a Towre. 1776 J. Copland St. Andrews iii. 51 Demolish'd capitols, and ruin'd walls, The final down-come of her state portend. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 127 It's a brave kirk... It had amaist a doun-come lang syne at the Reformation. 1876 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence iii. 79 That sense of downcome which is perhaps, of all other sensations of poverty, the most hard to bear. 1884 C. G. Rossetti Let. 2 Sept. in Family Lett. (1908) 145 Now that rain has fallen in some quantity and in repeated downcomes perhaps something may be feasible. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ House with Green Shutters xv. 155 It was a downcome..to pack in among a crowd of the Barbie sprats. 1980 D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin iii. 32 Modest though her father's town was, she had been unwilling to leave it for the down-come of crafting life. 2005 B. Holton tr. Qu Yuan Nine Sangs ix, in Lallans No. 67. 29 Easslin wunds risin, ay, douncome o ferlie rain. †b. Falconry. The swooping of a bird of prey upon its quarry; = stoop n.² 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [noun] > seizing quarry downcome1575 quarry1607 binding1706 pouncing1807 griffade1852 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 9 Shee making hir downecomme, and stouping from hir wings. 1614 S. Latham Falconry i. v. 20 If it be possible let them kill it at the next downe come, for so shall you please your young hawke in due time. 1674 N. Cox Gentleman's Recreation ii. 91 The Falcon-gentle..hath a natural inclination and love to fly the Hern every way, either from her Wings to the down-come, or from the Fist and aforehead. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 219 Tropick Birds..stooping to their Game..perform it at one down-come. 1773 J. Campbell Treat. Mod. Faulconry xxiii. 188 Shew her the fowl..and let her still contend for it with her antagonist; and so much the better If they kill it at the next down-come. 2. Engineering. A pipe or tube which conveys liquid or gases downwards, esp. in a blast furnace; = downcomer n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other types of pipe swan-pen1426 service pipe1718 standpipe1728 service1786 jet pipe1795 safety tube1803 gas pipe1807 outlet pipe1837 pipette1839 downpipe1846 nipple1863 downcomer1868 downcome1872 wyea1877 benda1884 Y brancha1884 gas line1887 sparge pipe1910 riser1962 marine riser1972 1872 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 22 Oct. 264/1 The gases pass off..partly through five lateral openings, from which branch tubes lead to the wrought-iron columns or down-come tubes. 1878 Minutes Proc. Inst. Civil Engineers 51 330 The gases are taken off by a side tube and downcome as in an ordinary blast furnace. 1912 Metall. & Chem. Engin. 10 804/2 Mr. Dougherty had taken out a patent for overcoming this difficulty by inserting a cushion of steam in the downcome to prevent the dangerous mixture of gas and air. 2015 European Patent Applic. 2955288 A1 1 The cistern is coupled via a downcome to the toilet bowl, such that flushing water can stream from the cistern into the toilet bowl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). downcomev. Brit. /ˈdaʊnkʌm/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌkəm/ Forms: see down- prefix and come v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, come v. Etymology: < down- prefix + come v. Compare to come down at come v. Phrasal verbs 1.Compare Old English adūnecuman ( < adūne- (see adown adv. and prep.) + come v.) in an (elliptical) element-by-element gloss of Latin descendere to come or go down:OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Luke x. 30 Homo quidam descendebat ab hierusalem in hiericho : monn sum adune astigade uel cuom from hierusalem in ðær byrig. rare after Middle English. intransitive. To come down (in various senses); to descend from a higher place or position. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc975 alightOE to fall adownOE hieldc1275 downcomea1300 sink?a1300 avalec1374 to go downa1375 to come downc1380 dipc1390 descenda1393 clinea1400 declinea1400 downc1400 inclinec1400 vailc1400 fallc1440 devall1477 condescendc1485 to get down1567 lower1575 dismount1579 to fall down1632 down?1701 demount1837 a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) l. 18 Welle heȝ is tat hil, ðat is heuenriche... Miȝte neure diuel witen..Hu he [sc. Jesus] dun come. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1608 [He] sag..A leddre stonden, and ðor-on Angeles dun cumen and up gon. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 4290 He sal do fire fra þe heven don com. 1993 J. Womack Random Acts of Senseless Violence 251 The light outside his building burned out and that heartened cause the darker the better when it all downcomes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1522v.a1300
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