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even-down

even-down adjective: of rain: pouring straight down.

Adjective

even-down

  1. (UK, dialectal) Of rain: pouring straight down.
    • ... that heaviest rain, in even-down drench, An' scarce a sea itsel', cou'd quench : […]1813, Ebenezer Picken, Miscellaneous Poems, Songs, &c., Partly in the Scottish Dialect: With a Glossary, page 78
    • ... he returned with the intelligence that it was "an even-down pour!" Old Riddel, somewhat dubious, was led to the door to satisfy himself of the fact.1846, James Paterson, The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire
  2. (UK, dialectal) Of a person: forthright; honest.

Adverb

even-down

  1. (UK, dialectal) Thoroughly.

Questions about even-down

What does even-down mean?
Even-down means of rain: pouring straight down.
What part of speech is even-down?
Even-down can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near even-down in the dictionary

  1. even-
  2. even-bishop
  3. even-bishops
  4. even-christian
  5. even-christians
  6. even-down
  7. even-even
  8. even-handed
  9. even-handedly
  10. even-handedness
  11. even-interval

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