eave

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I need only instance those of Gorton, near Rosslyn, in a scene well known to the admirers of romantic nature The light within the eave was a dusky twilight at the entrance, which failed altogether in the inner recesses.

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  1. To shelter, as beneath eaves. Davies. [Rare.] His hat shap't almost like a cone, … With narrow rim scarce wide enough To eave from rain the staring ruff. T. Ward, England's Reformation, p. 102.

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  • Its closing lines Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee Whether the summer clothe the general earth With greenness whether the eave-drops fall Heard only in the trances of the blast Or if the secret ministry of frost Shall hang them up in silent icicles Quietly shining to the quiet moon might have flowed straight from the pen of Wordsworth himself. —  English Men of Letters: Coleridge
  • Instead of stapling the foil material to the underside of the rafters from ridge to eave, patented Solar-SNAP (TM) Radiant Heat Barrier from Rhino Hide is simply rolled into place. —  ThomasNet Industrial Newsroom - Today's New Product News
  • At first he tried to squeeze sideways; then dove through the glaring room bleating - squeaking - pleading - eave, corner, sill, sill, eave - while some red-eyed, ghost-white monster shrieked after him. —  THE GREAT AMERICAN PINUP
  • It can also be mounted to a flat surface, eave or rooftop. —  eDealinfo.com - Today's Hot Deals
  • His light eyes sent out little sparks of fire, and the waxed ends of his moustache bristled with anger, while Peggy sat opposite him in a little heap in the corner of the carriage, with her eyebrows peaked into the old eave-like shape, and the corners of her lips drooping pensively downward. —  More About Peggy
 

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