dewfall

American  

[doo-fawl, dyoo-] / ˈduˌfɔl, ˈdyu- /

noun

1. formation of dew.

2. the time at which dew begins to form.

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Etymology

Origin of dewfall

First recorded in 1615–25; dew + fall

Example Sentences

I dreamed a world where all seemed first-created outspreading bird cherries in the dewfall with blackbirds and nightingales crowded.

From Time Magazine Archive

And softer than dewfall, and kindlier than starlight, and keener than wine, Came round us the fragrance of waters, the life of the breath of the brine.

From Astrophel and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne, Vol. VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

So plentiful is this dewfall, in some favored sections, as really to support vegetation.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Badlam, Anna B.

Sweet as the dewfall, splendid as the south, Love touched with speech Boccaccio's golden mouth, Joy thrilled and filled its utterance full with song, And sorrow smiled on doom that wrought no wrong.

From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

I saw where the sun's hand pointed, I knew what the bird's note said; By the dawn and the dewfall anointed, You were queen by the gold on your head.

From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Swinburne, Algernon Charles