Definition of Downcest
Down"cast` (doun"k&adot;st`), a.
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness,
modesty, dejection, or guilt.
'T is love, said she; and then my downcast
eyes,
And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise.
Dryden.
-- Down"cast`ly, adv. --
Down"cast`ness, n.
Down"cast`, n. 1.
Downcast or melancholy look.
That downcast of thine eye.
Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down
which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Of eyes) looking downwards.
- (Of a person) feeling despondent.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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