Downcome
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
"And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]"
- 2 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.
- 3 A downpour of rain.
Verb
- 1 To come down; fall down; come or fall apart.
"Mirage-bound and moving blind, he downcomes, Up-growing from his sapling game In the laughing park, Bearing the stolen spark"
Example
More examples"And doutles, when ever the Pope shall fall, if his ruine bee not like the sudden down-come of a Towre, the Bishops, when they see him tottering, will leave him, and fall to scrambling […]"
Etymology
From down- + come.
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