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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Eaves \Eaves\, n. pl [OE. evese, pl eveses AS efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf Icel. upsar-dropi, OSw. ops["a]-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. over The s of eaves is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See {Over}, and cf {Eavesdrop}.] 1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof. 2. Brow; ridge. [Obs.] ``Eaves of the hill.'' --Wyclif. 3. Eyelids or eyelashes. And closing eaves of wearied eyes. --Tennyson. {Eaves board} (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also {eaves catch} and {eaves lath}. {Eaves channel}, {Eaves gutter}, {Eaves trough}. Same as {Gutter}, 1. {Eaves molding} (Arch.), a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice. {Eaves swallow} (Zo["o]l.). a The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See {Cliff swallow}, under {Cliff}. b The European swallow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: eaves n : the overhang at the lower edge of a roof
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