Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An acid liquor used in coloring skins to obtain a uniform shade.
- noun A person or thing that makes even, as a stick with which to push off an excess of grain from a measure.
- noun In weaving, an instrument used for spreading out the warp as it goes on the beam; a raivel or raithe; the comb which guides the threads with precision on to the beam. [Scotch.]
- noun In vehicles, same as
equalizing-bar (which see, underbar ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which makes even.
- noun In vehicles, a swinging crossbar, to the ends of which other crossbars, or whiffletrees, are hung, to equalize the draught when two or three horses are used abreast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
comparative form ofeven : moreeven - noun One who, or that which, makes
even . - noun dated In
vehicles , aswinging crossbar , to the ends of which other crossbars, orwhiffletrees , are hung, toequalize thedraught when two or threehorses are usedabreast .
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Examples
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It will become easier for people to start small businesses since they will be entering the market on an evener playing field.
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Jim stepped the near horse over the pole of a heavily built sled that was waiting in the driveway, and his son snapped the neck yoke to the harnesses, placed the pole in its ring, and then hooked the tug chains to the evener.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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It will become easier for people to start small businesses since they will be entering the market on an evener playing field.
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If I was not careful to hold Sam back and urge Silver on, Silver would drop farther and farther behind until his side of the evener rested against the cart, leaving his tug chains slack, letting Sam pull the whole load.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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I stepped Sam over the new ash tongue, and Mark hooked the four tug chains to the evener, and I sat down on the green-smelling planks with the lines in my hands, and the horses leaned into the collars.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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It will become easier for people to start small businesses since they will be entering the market on an evener playing field.
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It will become easier for people to start small businesses since they will be entering the market on an evener playing field.
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The horses chafed at all the stopping, and then Jay antsed and backed too close to the evener, got a foot over the tug.
The Dirty Life Kristin Kimball 2010
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The a form dominates the b by 3 to 1 in most leaves, but the balance is evener in plants that grow in the shade, and in aging tissues, where the a form is degraded faster.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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The a form dominates the b by 3 to 1 in most leaves, but the balance is evener in plants that grow in the shade, and in aging tissues, where the a form is degraded faster.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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