Eve (?), n. [See Even, n.] 1. Evening.
Winter oft, at eve resumes the breeze. Thomson.
2. The evening before a holiday, — from the Jewish mode of reckoning the day as beginning at sunset, not at midnight; as, Christmas eve is the evening before Christmas; also, the period immediately preceding some important event. “On the eve of death.” Keble.
Eve churr(Zoöl), the European goatsucker or nightjar; — called also night churr, and churr owl.