dial. (See quots.)
1813. Don, Forfar, in Agric. Survey Forfarsh., App. B. 46 (Jam.). Muræna…. conger; conger eel;… the name seems familiar even to the common people; they call it Eve-eel.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Eve-eel. A northern name for the conger; from the Danish hav-aal, or sea-eel.
