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An eaves-dropper is someone who stands under the eaves or near the window or door of a house to listen and hear what is said within doors. In English law an eaves-dropper was considered as a common nuisance and was punishable by fine.
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Stinkwood (Foetidia mauritiana) is an evergreen tree of the natural order Myrtaceae native to the Mauritius and Madagascar. It grows to a height of ten metres and has a tough, bitter, and astringent bark. The ;eaves are alternate and oval in shape. The flowers are solitary and without petals, and are succeeded by four-sided nuts.
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Bashall Eaves (recorded in the Domesday Book as Bacschelf) is a hamlet in Lancashire, England.
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Eaves Brow is a village in Cheshire, England.
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Eaves Green is a village in West Midlands, England.
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Whiston Eaves is a village in Staffordshire, England.
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Woodhouse Eaves is a village in Leicestershire, England.
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In architecture, an antefix is an ornament, often of terracotta, placed at the eaves or along the cornice of classical buildings to mask the end of each ridge of tiling.
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An arris gutter is a gutter of a V form fixed to the eaves of a building.
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In architecture a balustrade is a row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
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