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dew-fall|ˈdjuːfɔːl| [f. dew + fall n.: cf. Dan. dugfald.] The formation or deposition of dew; the time when this begins, in the evening.
1622R. Tisdale Lawyer Philos. in Farr S.P. Jas. I (1848) 316 Shake off the dewfalls of the night. 1798Coleridge Sibyl. Leaves Poems (1864) 115 The gentle dewfall. 1820Shelley Witch Atlas xxix, She past at dewfall to a space extended. 1828Moore Before the Battle i, 'Midst the dew-fall of a nation's tears. c1850Whittier Call of Christian vii, Noiseless as dew-fall. 1878Huxley Physiogr. 65 The temperature after dewfall. 1892Daily News 1 Mar. 5/4 The rainfall is..supplemented by..excessive dewfalls. So ˈdewfalling.
1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xix. 109 The time of the dew-falling. |