dew-falln.
/ˈdjuːfɔːl/, /ˈdʒuːfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈd(j)uˌfɔl/, /ˈd(j)uˌfɑl/ The formation or deposition of dew; the time when this begins, in the evening.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > formation or deposition of
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roration1633
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]
evenOE
eventideOE
eveningOE
eventimeOE
evea1250
evetimec1300
even whilea1375
evetidea1382
supper timec1390
supper whilea1425
forenight1513
evening-tide1521
supperwardc1563
after-supperc1596
Vesperugo1600
vesper1613
far-day1650
eveg1675
evg1777
dew-falla1822
1622 R. Tisdale Lawyers Philos. sig. A7 Shake off the dewfals of the Night.
1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 10 The gentle dew-fall.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas xxix, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 38 She past at dewfall to a space extended.
1828 T. Moore Before the Battle i 'Midst the dew-fall of a nation's tears.
c1850 J. G. Whittier Call of Christian vii Noiseless as dew-fall.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 65 The temperature after dewfall.
1892 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/4 The rainfall is..supplemented by..excessive dewfalls.
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ˈdewfalling n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > formation or deposition of
dewing13..
dew-fall1622
roration1633
dewfalling1868
1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice I. xix. 260 The time of the dew-falling.
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