 | Noah Webster - 1834 - Liczba stron: 1052
...quarter of the heavens; as, the wind is hi the rainy eaver. Cheshire Olost. EAVES, n. plu. [Pax. rfett.] The edge or lower border of the roof of a building,...overhangs the walls, and casts off the water that falUon the roof. ftAVES'-DROP, ri To stand under the eaves or near the windows of a house, to listen... | |
 | Edward J. Shelton - 1862 - Liczba stron: 404
...A name commonly given to French brandy. Eaves, eevz (Saxon, efese, the skirt or edge of anything). The edge or lower border of the roof of a building,...walls and casts off the water that falls on the roof. Eaves-Dropper, eevz-drop-pur. One who takes his station under the drippings or droppings of the eaves,... | |
 | Edward SHELTON (Miscellaneous Writer.) - 1862 - Liczba stron: 380
...A name commonly given to French brandy. Eaves, eevz (Saxon, efese, the skirt or edge of anything). The edge or lower border of the roof of a building,...walls and casts off the water that falls on the roof. Eaves-Dropper, eevz-drop-pur. One who takes his station under the drippings or dropping! of the eaves,... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1865 - Liczba stron: 846
...act of chewing and swallowing food. Eaves, evz, n.pl. [Sax. efese, brim, brink.l The edge or tmorr border of the roof of a building, which overhangs...walls, and casts off the water that falls on the roof. Eavesdrop, evz'drop, vi. To stand under the rave* or near the windows of a house, to listen and learn... | |
 | 1862 - Liczba stron: 900
...vinouie infusiou EAT EBEN oí the flowers of colchicum, used in cases of gout. EAVES, eevz, s. pi. (AS) The edge or lower border of the roof of a building,...walls, and casts off the water that falls on the roof. EAVESDROP, eevz'-drop, vn To stand under the eaves or near the windows of a house, to listen and learn... | |
 | John Ogilvie - 1872 - Liczba stron: 488
...comxlos; a corrosive. Eating, et'ing, pn The act of chewing and (wallowing foo<l. EAVCI, evz, n. j»l. The lower border of the roof of a building, which overhangs...walls, and casts off the water that falls on the roof. [Hax. efete.l Eavesdrop, Oyz'drop, n. The water which falls in drovt from the eavet of a house. —... | |
 | All - 1874 - Liczba stron: 422
...A name commonly given to French brandy. Eaves, eevz (Saxon, efete, the skirt or edge of anything). The edge or lower border of the roof of a building,...walls and casts off the water that falls on the roof. Eaves-Dropper, eevz-drop-pur. One who takes his station under the drippingi or droppings of the eaves,... | |
 | John Morris (author of The new nation.) - 1880 - Liczba stron: 620
...house. [Obsolete. ) English Evese, Oavis, or Office, the eaves. (Wright's English Eaves, that part of the roof of a building which overhangs the walls, and casts off the water that falls on the roof. Sanscrit 131 Avasa, an abode, a residence, a dwelling-house. Sanscrit 131 Avas, to inhabit. Latin Obex,... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Registry Department - 1880 - Liczba stron: 206
...project. But Webster's Dictionary defines " eaves " to be " the edge or lower border of the roof of the building which overhangs the walls and casts off the water that falls on the roof." In like manner, Johnson and Walker's Dictionary, as improved by Todd, defines eaves as " the edges... | |
 | 1899 - Liczba stron: 212
...God placed Adam and Eve. Eden, il paradiso terrestre. Eden, paradis terrestre. Eaves, и, êvz. The lower border of the roof of a building which overhangs the walls. Grondaia. L'armier ; l'égout d'un toit ; auvent. Heaves, vt, hêvz. Verb To heave : He heaves ; he... | |
| |
Eaves, eevz (Saxon, efese, the skirt or edge of anything). The edge or lower border of the roof of a building, which overhangs the walls and casts off the water that falls on the roof. 
