Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DOWN'WARD, a.

1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place, as on a slope or declivity, or in the open air; tending toward the earth or its center; as, a downward course; he took his way with downward force. – Dryden.
2. Declivous; bending; as, the downward heaven. – Dryden.
3. Descending from a head, origin or source.
4. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as downward thoughts. Sidney.