even-down

adjective

Of rain: pouring straight down.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjective
  1. UKdialectalOf rain: pouring straight down.

    ... that heaviest rain, in even-down drench, An' scarce a sea itsel', cou'd quench : […]

    1813, Ebenezer Picken, Miscellaneous Poems, Songs, &c., Partly in the Scottish Dialect: With a Glossary, page 78
    2 more examples

    ... 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.

    1846, James Paterson, The Ballads and Songs of Ayrshire

    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.

    1897, Grace Leslie Keith Johnston, 'My bonnie lady', by Leslie Keith, page 46
  2. UKdialectalOf a person: forthright; honest.
adverb
  1. UKdialectalThoroughly.
Cite this entry
APA

even-down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even-down

MLA

“even-down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even-down. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “even-down,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/even-down.

Source: even-down on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.