Downcome

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tumbling or falling down; especially, a sudden or heavy fall; hence, ruin; destruction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Sudden fall; downfall; overthrow.
  • noun. A pipe for leading combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
  • noun. In ironmaking, a pipe that leads combustible gases downward from the top of the blast furnace to the hot-blast stoves, boilers, etc., where they are burned.
  • verb. To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
  • Word Usage
    "But little cause have I to speak, for I too am a downcome."
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