Bible Dictionaries
Eavesdropping

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Eavesdropping'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/eavesdropping.html. 1828.