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Webster 1913 Edition
dewfall
dew′fallˊ
,Noun.
The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.
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dewfall
dewfall
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Noun
dewfall (plural dewfalls)
- The forming of dew.
- The time when dew begins to form.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.44:
- It was dark when they rose in the morning and dark when they filed into the kitchen to get their plates and spoons and still dark when they turned out in the dewfall and grainy mist of the yard.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.44:
Translations
forming of dew
time when dew begins to form