Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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EAVE, n. “The nave of a cart or carriage wheel” (Rxb. 1825 Jam.2). Also ave (Arg.3 1950).
[This form has arisen from an erroneous division of sounds in a nave, viz. an ave, hence eave.]
