Part 3976

<h1>Evenfall</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*fall`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Beginning of evening.</def> "At the quiet <i>evenfall</i>."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Evenhand</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*hand`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Equality.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Evenhanded</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*hand`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fair or impartial; unbiased. "<i>Evenhanded</i> justice." <i>Shak.</i></def> -- <wordforms><wf>E"ven*hand`ed*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>E"ven*hand`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <tt><?/.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Evening</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'d6fnung</ets>. See <er>even</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Eve</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sum.</def>

<blockquote>In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher <b>evening</b> rose. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; Sometimes, especially in the Southern parts of the United States, the afternoon is called <i>evening</i>.</note>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The latter portion, as of life; the declining period, as of strength or glory.</def>

<note>&hand; Sometimes used adjectively; as, <i>evening</i> gun. "<i>Evening</i> Prayer."</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Evening flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a genus of iridaceous plants (<spn>Hesperantha</spn>) from the Cape of Good Hope, with sword-shaped leaves, and sweet-scented flowers which expand in the evening.</cd> -- <col>Evening grosbeak</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an American singing bird (<spn>Coccothraustes vespertina</spn>) having a very large bill. Its color is olivaceous, with the crown, wings, and tail black, and the under tail coverts yellow. So called because it sings in the evening.</cd> -- <col>Evening primrose</col>. <cd>See under <er>Primrose</er>.</cd> -- <col>The evening star</col>, <cd>the bright star of early evening in the western sky, soon passing below the horizon; specifically, the planet Venus; -- called also <altname>Vesper</altname> and <altname>Hesperus</altname>. During portions of the year, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are also evening stars. See <er>Morning Star</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Evenly</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.</def>

<h1>Evenminded</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*mind`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having equanimity.</def>

<h1>Evenness</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being ven, level, or disturbed; smoothness; horizontal position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; <as>as, <ex>evenness</ex> of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own <b>evenness</b>. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Evensong</h1> <Xpage=515>

<hw>E"ven*song`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'d6fensang</ets>.]</ety> <def>A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong.</def>

<i>Wyclif. Milton.</i>

<h1>Event</h1> <Xpage=515>