even-down

adj, adv — 3 senses

even-down

adj

1

UK, Dialectal Of 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:
... 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:

1 more example

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

UK, Dialectal Of a person: forthright; honest.

even-down

adv

1

UK, Dialectal Thoroughly.

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