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To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victoty to his lieutenants. Milton. O deem thy fall not owed to man's decree. Pope.

Equal. [Obs.] Burrill.

Equality; -- sometimes written ovelty and ovealty. Burrill.

Own. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A follower of Robert Owen, who tried to reorganize society on a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.

One who has an advowson. Cowell.

By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone.

An approver or abettor. [Obs.]

Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. -- A*vow"ed*ly (, adv.

The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson.

One who avows or asserts.

An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup round it, -- usually inserted in a hollow molding.

Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen.

To besprinkle or scatter over with, or as with, flowers. Hobbes.

A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell- shaped flowers.

One who, or that which, bellows.

One that bestows.

Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.

A genus of bulbous plants, natives of Southern Africa, named Hæmanthus, of the Amaryllis family. The juice of H. toxicarius is used by the Hottentots to poison their arrows.

A prostitute; a courtesan; a strumpet. [Low] Smart.