e'er

Contraction of ever.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛə/, /ˈɛʔə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛɚ/, /ˈɛʔɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
• Homophones: air, Ayr, ere, eyre, heir, are (unit of measurement); err (one pronunciation)

e'er

1. (dialectal, poetic) Contraction of ever.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “… No rogue e’er felt the halter draw, with a good opinion of the law, and perhaps my own detestation of the law arises from my having frequently broken it. […]”

• ne'er
  • ne'er-do-well
• whene'er
• where'er

• 'ere, Ere, REE, Ree, ere, ree

e'er

1. Alternative form of eyver
   • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:

     Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.

     Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.

     I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 94