, the margin or lower edge of the roof of a house, being the lowest course of tiles, slates, or the like, which hang over the walls to throw off the water to a distance from the wall.
Eaves-Board, or Eaves-Lath, a thick featheredged board, usually nailed round the eaves of a house for the lowermost tiles, slate, or shingles, to rest upon.
EBBING and Flowing of the Sea. See Tides.
ECCENTRIC. See Excentric.
ECCENTRICITY. See Excentricity.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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