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ous; as, vessels and instruments useful in a family; books useful for improvement; useful knowledge; useful arts. To what can I useful! Milton.

out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge. Spenser. We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France. Evelyn. Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath. Herbert.

ating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering. His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. Jer. Taylor.

n; free discussion; public exposure. The ventilation of these points diffused them to the knowledge of the world. Bp. Hall.

s, though but verbal, his reward. Milton. Mere verbal refinements, instead of substantial knowledge. Whewell.

Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [Colloq.]

truth; probability; likelihood. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill. All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.

A woman who has had no carnal knowledge of man; a maid.

The act or practice of traveling. [Obs.] Nations have interknowledge of one another by voyage into foreign parts, or strangers that come to them. Bacon.

bsence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of power or knowledge for any purpose; want of food and clothing. And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other prey. Milton. From having wishes in consequence of our wants, we often feel wants in consequence of our wishes. Ram…

is objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. Locke.

Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

Fully known; generally known or acknowledged. A church well known with a well-known rite. M. Arnold.

rial, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively. Grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends. Milton.

zealots who are most notoriously ignorant whereas true zeal should always begin with true knowledge. Sprat.

anger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with his whinger. Sir W. Scott.

Tumor; puffiness. The swelling windiness of much knowledge. Brerewood.

es of this ignorance God winked at. Acts xvii. 30. And yet, as though he knew it not, His knowledge winks, and lets his humors reign. Herbert. Obstinacy can not be winked at, but must be subdued. Locke.

The quality of being wise; knowledge, and the capacity to make due use of it; knowledge of the best ends and the best means; discernment and judgment; discretion; sagacity; skill; dexterity. We speak also not in wise words of man's wisdom, but in the doctrine of the spirit. Wyclif (1 Cor. ii. 13). Behold, the fear of t…

Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. iv. 22.