downcome

English

noun
Definitions
  • A tumbling or falling down; a sudden or heavy fall; an overthrow; ruin; destruction.
  • 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.
  • A downpour of rain.

Etymology

Prefix from English come (comer, arrival).

Origin

English

come

Gloss

comer, arrival

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