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); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at. To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor. In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they we…

wledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible. Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. Hawthorne. The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. De Quincey.

A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave.

A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Archaic] A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.

To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

vered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

sket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher. Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.

Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares. The street cries of London. Mayhew.

One who piks or chooses; esp., an inspector who select wares suitable for market.

The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

Same as Delftware.

Same as Delftware.

Delftware. Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift.

To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store; as, to deposit goods in a warehouse.

A place where anything is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

A place of deposit storing of goods; a warehouse; a storehouse. The islands of Guernsey and Jersey are at present the great depots of this kingdom. Brit Critic (1794).

To take unwares or by surprise; to seize, as a person commiting an unlawful act; to catch; to apprehend. The deprehended adulteress.Jer. Taylor.