Definition of even

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Even (a.) As might not be expected; -- serving to introduce what is unexpected or less expected.

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Fence :: Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within..
Taluk :: Taluk (n.) A large estate; esp., one constituting a revenue district or dependency the native proprietor of which is responsible for the collection and payment of the public revenue due from it..
Aptera :: Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders..
Dictation :: Dictation (n.) The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation..
Unimproved :: Unimproved (a.) Not tilled, cultivated, or built upon; yielding no revenue; as, unimproved land or soil..
Seventeen :: Seventeen (n.) A symbol denoting seventeen units, as 17, or xvii..
Sabbath :: Sabbath (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day..
Nutation :: Nutation (n.) The motion of a flower in following the apparent movement of the sun, from the east in the morning to the west in the evening..
Quinquennial :: Quinquennial (a.) Occurring once in five years, or at the end of every five years; also, lasting five years. A quinquennial event..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..
Skid :: Skid (n.) A shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose..
Water Gate :: Water gate () A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated..
Centennial :: Centennial (a.) Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode..
Blotting Paper :: Blotting paper () A kind of thick, bibulous, unsized paper, used to absorb superfluous ink from freshly written manuscript, and thus prevent blots..
Synchronical :: Synchronal (n.) A synchronal thing or event.
Seven :: Seven (n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii..
Tenebrae :: Tenebrae (n.) The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days..
Spilt :: Spillway (n.) A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam..
Leven :: Leven (n.) Lightning.
Contemporaneously :: Contemporaneously (adv.) At the same time with some other event.
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