even-down

English

Adjective

even-down

  1. (UK, dialect) Of rain: pouring straight down.
    • 1813, Ebenezer Picken, Miscellaneous Poems, Songs, &c., Partly in the Scottish Dialect: With a Glossary, page 78:
      ... that heaviest rain, in even-down drench, An' scarce a sea itsel', cou'd quench :  […]
    • 1846, James Paterson, The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire:
      ... he returned with the intelligence that it was "an even-down pour!" Old Riddel, somewhat dubious, was led to the door to satisfy himself of the fact.
    • 1897, Grace Leslie Keith Johnston, 'My bonnie lady', by Leslie Keith, page 46:
      THERE had been an even-down-pour of rain in the night, and the school-master's mission looked even less kindly in the drowie day.
  2. (UK, dialect) Of a person: forthright; honest.

Adverb

even-down

  1. (UK, dialect) Thoroughly.
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