Downcast
Pronunciation : Down"cast`
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Down"cast`
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Downcast or melancholy look. That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl.
2. (mining)
Defn: A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913