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† ˈevenlong, a. and adv. Obs.
Also evelong.
[f. even- + long a.
The etymological notion is obscure; perh. the adv. originated first, and the adj. use was developed from the sense ‘straight along’, with the help of some confusion with avelonge. In OE. efelang occurs once (‘þæt cuðe hol..þæt he efelang ær ᵹefylde’ Riddles xlv. 7), with the sense ‘of the same length’, or perh. ‘lengthwise’.]
A. adj. Oblong.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 405 Butter, melk and chese I-schape euelong and cornered wise [oblongus et tetragonus]. 1398― Barth. De P.R. iii. xvii. (Tollem. MS.), An euen longe tre meuid swyftly semeþ rounde. Ibid. v. ix. (1495) 115 Euenlonge browes wyth lytyll heer sygnefyeth cowardnesse. c1430Two Cookery-bks. 53 Take þe Stuffe of þe Porke, & putte it on euelong cofyn of fayre past. 1565Golding Ovid's Met. viii. (1593) 199 This brooke is woont..evelong stones [L. obliqua saxa] to carrie With hideous roring downe his streame.
B. adv.
a. Straight along, in a line.
b. In an oblong form.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxvi. (1495) 148 The herte is euenlonge shapen as a toppe. 14..Porkington MS. in Wright Dict. s.v., One the upper syde make holys evenelonge, as many as thou wylt. |