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dewfall

[ doo-fawl, dyoo- ]

noun

  1. formation of dew.
  2. the time at which dew begins to form.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dewfall1

First recorded in 1615–25; dew + fall
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Example Sentences

I will make my kitchen, and you shall keep your room, Where white flows the river and bright blows the broom, And you shall wash your linen and keep your body white In rainfall at morning and dewfall at night.

Dewfall, moonrise, high sweet clover, Chimney swifts at their twilight play; Quail call, owl hoot, moth a-hover, Midnight pale at the step of day.

The dewfall had been very heavy, and soaked them from nose tip to tail, and the bats wheeled overhead.

I would rather feel the dewfall of a child's loving tear upon my face than wear a laureate's crown.

He tried to the end, as he always would, but there was no wicked turn or deception and the ball by now was sodden with the dewfall.

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