3 entries under this word

Downcast

Down'cast, a.

adjective

a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, or dejection of mind. *'Tis love, she said, and then my downcast eyes And guilty dumbness witnessed my surprise. Dryden.*

Down'cast, n.

noun

n. Sadness; melancholy look. [Obs.] “That downcast of thine eye.” Beau. & Fl.

Down'-cast, n.

noun

n. A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine.