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  1. 1. a. Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Downcast or melancholy look. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. directed downward Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. filled with melancholy and despondency Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 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. 1. Downcast or melancholy look. That downcast of thine eye. Beau. & Fl. 2. (mining) A ventilating shaft down which the air passes in circulating through a mine. Source: webster
  8. 8. 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: adambom
  9. 9. j:100 n. a ventilation shaft through which air enters a mine s. directed downward Source: ecdict

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