Eaves
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n. pl.) 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. (n. pl.) Brow; ridge.

3. (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.

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The Longbeards' Saga. AD 400
... Smiles out each morning thence Odin Allfather; From under the cloud-eaves Smiles
out on the heroes, Smiles on chaste housewives all, Smiles on the brood-mares ...
/.../kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the longbeards saga a d 400.htm

"The Shewing is not Other than of Faith, nor Less nor More"
... The fairness and the lifelikeness is like nothing but the same; the plenteousness
is like to the drops of water that fall off the eaves after a great shower of ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter vii the shewing is.htm

Naparima and Montserrat
... Windowless bay windows, like great port- holes, opened from each of them into a
gallery which ran round the house, sheltered by broad sloping eaves. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter x naparima and montserrat.htm

Sparrows and Altars
... And so the glancing swallows around the eaves of the Temple and the twittering sparrows
on its pinnacles may proclaim to us, not only a contrast which is bitter ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/sparrows and altars.htm

Chapter viii
... The only solution for the difficulty occurring to us is the possibility of a window
high under the eaves, but the eaves projecting rather far so that a bit of ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter viii.htm

In Him: Like Him
... We have fled for refuge to him who is the hope set before us in the gospel; even
as David and his men sheltered themselves in the eaves of En-gedi, so we hide ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/in him like him.htm

Second Causes.
... for the glory of God and the Church's good, if the "beautiful bird of light" had
still "sat with its folded wings" ere it sped to nestle in the eaves of Heaven ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xi second causes.htm

Hymn at Cock-Crow
... Mark ye, what time the dawn draws nigh, How 'neath the eaves the swallows cry? Know
that by true similitude Their notes our Judge's voice prelude. ...
/.../prudentius/the hymns of prudentius/i hymn at cock-crow.htm

"As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be"
... it not for winter we should never see the glistening crystals of the snow; we should
never behold the beauteous festoons of the icicles that hang from the eaves ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/as thy days so shall.htm

The Starlings
... Early in spring time, on raw and windy mornings, Beneath the freezing house-eaves
I heard the starlings sing" 'Ah dreary March month, is this then a time for ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the starlings.htm

Thesaurus
Eaves (1 Occurrence)
... on the roof. 2. (n. pl.) Brow; ridge. 3. (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.
Multi-Version Concordance Eaves (1 Occurrence). 1 Kings 7 ...
/e/eaves.htm - 6k

Gutter (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A channel at the eaves of a roof for
conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. ...
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Ebal (8 Occurrences)

/e/ebal.htm - 14k

Overhang (1 Occurrence)
... The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a
building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc. ...
/o/overhang.htm - 7k

Drip (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To fall in drops; as, water drips from the eaves.
2. (vi) To let fall drops of moisture or liquid; as, a wet garment drips. ...
/d/drip.htm - 10k

Balustrade (1 Occurrence)
... (n.) A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the
edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. ...
/b/balustrade.htm - 7k

Swallow (38 Occurrences)
... heard when passing. The swallow plasters a mud nest under eaves, on towers,
belfries, and close to human habitations. The swifts ...
/s/swallow.htm - 24k

Shoe (13 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader
coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the ...
/s/shoe.htm - 18k

Head (4291 Occurrences)
... 18. (n.) A rounded mass of foam which rises on a pot of beer or other effervescing
liquor. 19. (n.) Tiles laid at the eaves of a house. 20. ...
/h/head.htm - 24k

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Eaves (1 Occurrence)

1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.
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Eaves

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Gutter (3 Occurrences)

Ebal (8 Occurrences)

Overhang (1 Occurrence)

Drip (12 Occurrences)

Balustrade (1 Occurrence)

Swallow (38 Occurrences)

Shoe (13 Occurrences)

Head (4291 Occurrences)

Eats (57 Occurrences)

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