01 n. Evening.
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1.
Evening.[Poetic]“Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze.” — Thomson.
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2.
The evening before a holiday, -- from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event.
Phrases & compounds
Eve churr —
the European goatsucker or nightjar; -- called also night churr, and churr owl.