| 单词 | to the downwith |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto the downwith Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). A downward slope or incline; a downward course. Also in to the downwith: downwards. Cf. upwith n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > downwards fall1538 downwith1593 declining1601 devexity1601 devex1627 declension1640 proneness1686 dip1708 versant1859 1593 G. Markham Disc. Horsmanshippe iv. sig. I4 Yet if it [sc. your course] haue as we tearme them, either inwithes, vpwithes or downwithes, that is, either running within the side of a hil, climbing vp a hil, or desending down a hil, it much auaileth. 1622 W. Scot Course Conformitie sig. C2 The course once inclining to the dounwith and growing calme, men fell away by heaps. 1634 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 77 Then he kest hir doune among the malte and laid hir head to the downwith. 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 180 Dounwoth, a declivity. a1870 W. Lutton Montiaghisms (2007) 16 Down-with, a declivity; a precipice. < as lemmas |
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