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† ˈeavesing Obs.
Forms: 1 oefsung, efesung, 5 evesung, 4–6 evyss-, evys-, evesyng, -ing, 6 eusing, eavesinge. See also easing n.2
[repr. OE. efesung, vbl. n. f. efes-ian, evese v.; in sense 2 directly f. eaves.]
†1. The action of trimming the edges of anything; clipping, polling, shearing. Also concr. What is cut off: the clippings of hair. Obs.
a800Corpus Gloss. 474 Circinatio, oefsung. c1050Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 364 Circinnatio, efesung. a1225Ancr. R. 398 Absalomes schene white, þet ase oft ase me euesede him me solde his euesunge vor two hundred sicles.
2. The eaves of a house or stack; formerly also used for ‘roof’, and hence transf. for ‘dwelling’.
a1225Ancr. R. 142 Þe niht fuel iðen euesunge bitocneð recluses, þet wunieð..under chirche euesunge. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 193 As we may seo a wynter, Isykles in euesynges · thorgh hete of þe sonne Melteþ in a mynt-while · to myst and to water. c1440Promp. Parv. 144 Evese, or evesynge of a howse. 1547Salesbury Welsh Dict., Bargawt tuy, house eusing. 1572Schole house Wom. 912 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 140 King Salomon..A woman dooth assimilate Unto a dropping euesing guise, Distilling down after rain late. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 88 A righte little parte of water..is called Gutta, when it..hangeth on eavesinges. |