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make Come flay. It affords excellent anchorage ; and is 
defended by the caffles of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich. 
DOWN'SITTING, / Reft; repofe ; the aft of fit- 
tino - down, or going to reft.—Thou knoweft my downfit¬ 
ting and mine uprifing; thou underftandeft my thoughts 
afar off". Pfalm cxxxix. 2. 
DOWN'TON, an ancient borough, in the county of 
Wilts, fituated in a pleafant vale between Salilbury and 
Fordingbridge, on the eaftern banks of the Avon : eighty- 
five miles from London, and fix from Salilbury ; and is 
bounded on the fouth by an ancient fofs, called Land- 
fiiire Ditch, from Hampftiire. The chief trade of the 
place is malting, paper-making, and tanning; and the 
poor are employed in a tick manufadtory, and in making 
Brulfels lace. Here are annually two fairs, one on the 
23d of April for cattle, pedlary ware, &c. and the other 
on the 2d of Oftober for (heep and horfes. The profits 
of both thefe fairs are given to the matter of the free- 
fchool for inftrufting twelve boys in reading, writing, 
and arithmetic : firft founded by Gyles Eyre, efq. Down- 
ton returned members to the Britifh parliament as early 
as the 23 Edw. I. and here king John had a caftle, in 
which he fometimes refided ; whofe effigies, and alfo 
thofe of one of his queens, erected in correfpondent 
niches, (till remain. 
DOWN'WARD, or Downwards, adv. [bunepeapb, 
Sax.] Towards the center.—As you lift up the glades, 
the drop will afcend (lower and flower, and at length reft, < 
being carried downward by its weight as much as upwards 
by the attraftion. Newton. —From a higher fituation to a 
lower.—Hills are ornamental to the earth, affording plea¬ 
fant profpefts to them that look downwards from them 
upon the fnbjacent countries. Ray. 
What would this man ? Now upward will he foar, 
And, little lefs than angel, would be more : 
Now, looking downwards , juft as griev’d appears 
To want the ftrength of bulls, the fur of bears. Pope. 
In a courfe of fucceflive or lineal defcent: 
A ring the count does wear, 
That downward hath fucceeded in his houfe. 
From fon to fon, fome four or five defcents. Shakefpeare. 
DOWN'WARD, adj. Moving on a declivity ; tend¬ 
ing towards the center; tending to the ground ; 
With downward force, 
That drove the fand along, he took his way, 
And roll’d his yellow billows to the fea. Dryden, 
Declivous; bending: 
When Aurora leaves our northern fphere, 
She lights the downward heav’n, and rifes there. Dryden. 
Depreffed; dejefted. — At the lowed of my downward 
thoughts, I pulled up my heart to remember, that no¬ 
thing is achieved before it be thoroughly attempted, and 
that lying (till doth never go forward. Sidney. 
DOWN'Y, adj. Covered with down or nap.—There 
be plants that have prickles, yet have downy or velvet 
rind upon their leaves, as ftock-gillyffowers and coltsfoot; 
which down or nap confifteth of a fubtile fpirit, in a foft 
fubftance. Bacon. 
In her hand fhe held 
A bough of faireft fruit, that downy fmil’d, 
New gather’d, and ambrolial fmell diffus’d. Milton , 
Made of down or foft feathers : 
Belinda (bill her downy pillow preft, 
Her guardian fylph prolong’d the balmy reft. Pope. 
Soft; tender; foothing: 
The night’s companion kindly cheating them 
Of all their cares, tam’d the rebellious eye 
Of forrow with a foft and downy hand, 
Sealing all breafts in a Lethean band. Crafiaw-. 
DO'WRE, or Dowry,/. Idouaire, Fr.l A portion 
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given with a wife. See Dower. — I could marry this 
wench for this dowre. Sidney. —And afk no other dowry 
but fuch another jeft. Shakefpeare. —A reward paid for a 
wife. A gift; a fortune given : 
’Thine own hand 
An hundred of the faithlefs foe (hall flay. 
And for a dowre a hundred forefkins pay. Cowley. 
DOXO'LOGY,/. [£ofa, glory; and Aoyo;, to pro¬ 
claim.] A form of giving praife and glory to God.— 
David breaks forth into thefe triumphant praifes and dox- 
ologics, Bleffed be the Lord God of Ifrael, who has kept 
me this day from (bedding blood, and from avenging my- 
felf with my own hand. South. 
DOX'Y,/ [perhaps of dochen , Dut. to yield willingly.] 
A wench ; a wanton woman : 
When daffodils begin to pure, 
With heigh ! the doxy over the dale. Shakefpeare. 
DOYAYA'CE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Lemberg : thirty-fix miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Lemberg. 
DO'YET, a town of France, in the department of the 
Allier, and chief place of a canton, in the diftrift of 
Montmarault: feven miles weft of Montmarault. 
DOYLS'TOWN, a town of the American States, in 
Bucks county, Pennfylvania; ten miles fouth-weft of 
Howell’s ferry, on Delaware river, fifteen north-weft of 
Newton, and thirty-three weft by north of Philadelphia. 
DO'ZARY, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Minfk : thirty-fix miles north-north-eatt of Minfk. 
To DOZE, v. n. [bpaep, Sax. does, Dut.] To (lumber; 
to deep lightly.—There was no (leeping under his roof: 
if he happened to doze a little, the jolly cobler waked 
him. UEJlrange. —To live in a date of droufinefs ; to be 
half afleep.—It has happened to young men of the greateft 
wit to wafte their fpirits with anxiety and pain, fo far, as 
to doze upon their work with too much eagernefs of doing 
well. Dryden. 
Chieflefs armies doz'd out fhe campaign, 
And navies yawn’d for orders on the main. Pope. 
To DOZE, v. a. To ftupify; to dull.—He was now 
much decayed in his parts, and with immoderate drinking 
dozed in his underftanding. Clarendon. 
Two fatyrs on the ground, 
Stretch’d at his eafe, their fire Silenus found 
Doz'd with his fumes, and heavy with his load. Dryden, 
DO'ZEN, f. [_douzaine, Fr.] The number of twelve. 
It is feldom ufed but on light occafions.—By putting 
twelve units together, we have the complex idea of a 
dozen. Locke. 
DO'ZINESS, f. Sleepinefs; droufinefs—A man, by 
a violent fit of the gout in his limbs, finds a dozinefs in* 
his head, or a want of appetite. Locke. 
DO'ZING,/ Sluggilhnefs.—Six, or at mod feven 
hours deep is, for a conftancy, as much as any body can. 
want: more is only lazinefs and dozing. Chef erf eld. 
DO'ZY, adj. Sleepy; droufy ; (luggiftt: 
The yawning youth, fcarce half awake, eflays 
His lazy limbs and dozy head to raife- Dryden. 
DRA'ABURG, or Ober Traaburg, a town of Ger¬ 
many, in the duchy of Stiria : fifty-fix miles eaft of Cla- 
genfurt, and forty-two eaft-north-eaft of Brixen. Lat. 46. 
48. N. Ion. 30. 35'. E Ferro. 
DRA'ABURG, or Unter Traaburc, a town of 
Germany, in the duchy of Carinthia : 112 miles fouth- 
fouth-weft of Vienna, and forty-eight weft-north-weft of 
Pettaw. 
DRAB,/ [bjtabbe, Sax. lees.] A ftrumpet; a trull. 
—If your worlliip will take order for the drabs and tire 
knaves, you need not fear the bawds. Shakefpeare. 
Curs’d be the wretch fo venal and fo vain, 
Paltry and proud as drabs'x n Drury-lane. Pope. 
DRA'BA, /. [from acrid.] Whitlow-grass ; 
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