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Evening. See Eve, n. 1. [Poetic.] Shak.

To happen. [Obs.] Hewyt.

One who, or that which makes even.

Beginning of evening. "At the quiet evenfall." Tennyson.

Equality. [Obs.] Bacon.

Fair or impartial; unbiased. "Evenhanded justice." Shak. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ly, adv. -- E"ven*hand`ed*ness, n.

decline of the day, or of the sum. In the ascending scale Of heaven, the stars that usher evening rose. Milton.

With an even, level, or smooth surface; without roughness, elevations, or depression; uniformly; equally; comfortably; impartially; serenely.

Having equanimity.

position; uniformity; impartiality; calmness; equanimity; appropriate place or level; as, evenness of surface, of a fluid at rest, of motion, of dealings, of temper, of condition. It had need be something extraordinary, that must warrant an ordinary person to rise higher than his own evenness. Jer. Taylor.…

A song for the evening; the evening service or form of worship (in the Church of England including vespers and compline); also, the time of evensong. Wyclif. Milton.

t which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad. "The events of his early years." Macaulay. To watch quietly the course of events. Jowett (Thucyd. ) There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Eccl. ix. 2.

To rip open; todisembowel. [Obs.] Sir. T. Brown.

Full of, or rich in, events or incidents; as, an eventful journey; an eventful period of history; an eventful period of life.

The time of evening; evening. [Poetic.] Spenser.

To winnow out; to fan. [Obs.] Cockeram.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

Without events; tame; monotomous; marked by nothing unusual; uneventful.

An order of fishes including a vast number of freshwater species such as the carp, loach, chub, etc.

A tumor containing a large portion of the abdominal viscera, occasioned by relaxation of the walls of the abdomen.