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To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes. [R.] Gower.

To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [Obs.] South.

A form of Enough. [Archaic] Shak.

Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [Obs.] Dr. Favour.

To have previous knowledge of; to know beforehand. Who would the miseries of man foreknow Dryden.

That may be foreknown. Dr. H. More.

One who foreknows.

With foreknowledge. He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor.

Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. If I foreknew, Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton.

Gnawed. Chaucer.

An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.

See Horned Owl.

To know mutually. [Obs.]

Mutual knowledge or acquaintance. [Obs.] Bacon.

Not renowned. [Obs.]

Same as Jobbernowl.

A blockhead. [Colloq. & Obs.] H. Taylor.

e or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty. O, that a man might know The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak. There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. Dryden. Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. Longfellow.…

One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]

A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.