Sentence:  <WSD>Down</WSD> or Cotton-Thiſtle. This hath many large Leaves lying on the Ground, ſomewhat cut in, and as it were crumpled on the Edges, of a green Colour on the upper ſide, but covered with long hairy Wool or Cottony <WSD>Down</WSD>, ſet with moſt ſharp and cruel pricks 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.