Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The formation of dew.
- noun The time of evening when dew begins to form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The falling of dew; a fall of dew.
- noun The time when dew begins to fall; early evening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The forming of dew.
- noun The time when dew begins to form.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We should also note the fact that the dewfall is a concomitant of cloudless skies.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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When a priest prays over the Holy Communion bread and wine, he will ask God for blessings "by sending down your spirit upon them like the dewfall."
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The dewfall has laid a faint silver over the grasses and the only sound to be heard is the tranquil background murmur of the sea.
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In the revised version, he will instead say: "Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall."
Pope Urges 'Sensitivity' As Mass Changes Are Introduced 2010
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It carries me back to Cornish holidays in childhood; it always felt slightly autumnal there, even in high summer there was that yellow intensity to the sun and that sharp odour in the air, and the heavy, heavy dewfall each night.
Daydreaming... Imogen 2009
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It carries me back to Cornish holidays in childhood; it always felt slightly autumnal there, even in high summer there was that yellow intensity to the sun and that sharp odour in the air, and the heavy, heavy dewfall each night.
Archive 2009-07-01 Imogen 2009
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The dewfall-hawk comes crossing the shades to alight
Afterwards Kiki 2008
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The dewfall-hawk comes crossing the shades to alight
Archive 2008-11-01 Kiki 2008
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Rain, exposure at dewfall on the searocks, a peccadillo at my time of life.
Ulysses 2003
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With a touch imperceptible as dewfall, she touched her brother's mind and sharpened his inner longing with restlessness.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
qms commented on the word dewfall
Meditation is surely our true call,
Let light that's inside us imbue all
The mists that conceal
Resolve and congeal
And peace will descend like the dewfall.
June 19, 2017