EAVES-DROPPERS, are such persons as stand under the eaves, or walls, and windows of a house, by night or day, to hear after news, and carry it to others, and thereby cause strife and contention in the neighbourhood. They are called evil members of the common-wealth, by the stat. of West. 1. c. 33. They may be punished, either in the court-leet, by way of presentment and fine; or in the quarter-sessions, by indictment, and binding to good behaviour.
EBBING of the TIDES. See TIDE.