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is surmise proved false. Milton. No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises. Swift.

Closely; as, a plat of ground thick sown.

Not thickly or closely; in a seattered state; as, seed sown thin. Spain is thin sown of people. Bacon.

To disown the authority of; to repudiate.

To cause to be unbegotten or unborn, or as if unbegotten or unborn. [R.] I 'll disown you, I 'll disinherit you, I 'll unget you. Sheridan.

ases), a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill.

winter, or that does not ripen until winter. -- Winter barley, a kind of barley that is sown in autumn. -- Winter berry (Bot.), the name of several American shrubs (Ilex verticillata, I. lævigata, etc.) of the Holly family, having bright red berries conspicuous in winter. -- Winter bloom. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the…