v. t. [ imp. & p. p. acknowledged p. pr. & vb. n. acknowledging ] [ Prob. fr. pref. a- + the verb knowledge. See Knowledge, and cf. Acknow. ] 1. To own or admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a God. [ 1913 Webster ]

I acknowledge my transgressions. Ps. li. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ends generally acknowledged to be good. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all thy ways acknowledge Him. Prov. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

They his gifts acknowledged none. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To avow; proclaim; recognize; own; admit; allow; concede; confess. -- Acknowledge, Recognize. Acknowledge is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man acknowledges a secret marriage; one who has done wrong acknowledges his fault; and author acknowledges his obligation to those who have aided him; we acknowledge our ignorance. Recognize supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we recognize a friend after a long absence. We recognize facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually recognize the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. See also Confess. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Capable of being acknowledged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>adj. Generally accepted or recognized as correct or reasonable. Opposite of unacknowledged. [ Narrower terms: given, granted; unquestionable (vs. questionable) ] Also See: known.
Syn. -- accepted, recognized [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. Confessedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. 1. The act of acknowledging; admission; avowal; owning; confession. “An acknowledgment of fault.” Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of owning or recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition as regards the existence, authority, truth, or genuineness; a statement acknowledging something or someone. [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

Immediately upon the acknowledgment of the Christian faith, the eunuch was baptized by Philip. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The owning of a benefit received; courteous recognition; the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged; an expression of thanks. Shak.
Syn. -- recognition [ 1913 Webster +WordNet 1.5 ]

4. Something given or done in return for a favor, message, etc. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A declaration or avowal of one's own act, to give it legal validity; as, the acknowledgment of a deed before a proper officer. Also, the certificate of the officer attesting such declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Confession; concession; recognition; admission; avowal; recognizance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who acknowledges. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large American owl (Syrnium nebulosum); -- so called from the transverse bars of a dark brown color on the breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices or finds sport in batfowling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Bat a stick. ] A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To howl at. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The wolf behowls the moon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A burner that produces a hot flame.
Syn. -- blowtorch, torch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Sw. bullra to roar, rattle, Dan. buldre, dial. Sw. bullersteen larger kind of pebbles; perh. akin to E. bellow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowlder clay, the unstratified clay deposit of the Glacial or Drift epoch, often containing large numbers of bowlders. --
Bowlder wall, a wall constructed of large stones or bowlders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bolle, AS. bolla; akin to Icel. bolli, Dan. bolle, G. bolle, and perh. to E. boil a tumor. Cf. Boll. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brought them food in bowls of basswood. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. boule, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud. Cf. Bull an edict, Bill a writing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like an uninstructed bowler, . . . who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The game of tenpins or bowling. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bowled p. pr. & vb. n. Bowling. ] 1. To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of heaven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To pelt or strike with anything rolled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas, I had rather be set quick i' the earth,
And bowled to death with turnips&unr_; Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bowl (a player)
out, in cricket, to put out a striker by knocking down a bail or a stump in bowling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To play with bowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by bowlders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crooked leg. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 2d Bowl. ] A derby hat. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Destitute of a bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity contained in a bowl.
Syn. -- bowl. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. D. boelijn, Icel. böglïna&unr_;, Dan. bovline; properly the line attached to the shoulder or side of the sail. See Bow (of a ship), and Line. ] (Naut.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowline bridles, the ropes by which the bowline is fastened to the leech of the sail. --
Bowline knot. See Illust. under Knot. --
On a bowline, close-hauled or sailing close to the wind; -- said of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowling alley, a covered place for playing at bowls or tenpins. --
Bowling green, a level piece of greensward or smooth ground for bowling, as the small park in lower Broadway, New York, where the Dutch of New Amsterdam played this game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Bowl, a ball, a game. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without shame. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup. ] A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G. kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. Cucullate. ] 1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together. [ 1913 Webster ]

What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (aviation) a removable metal covering for an aircraft engine, providing streamlining to minimize wind resistance; -- also called cowling. [ PJC ]

5. a covering for a chimney or other ventilating shaft functioning to increase the draft. [ PJC ]

a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. “That cowled churchman.” Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d cow + leech a physician. ] One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Healing the distemper of cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cowl a vessel + staff. ] A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disacknowledged p. pr. & vb. n. Disacknowledging. ] To refuse to acknowledge; to deny; to disown. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From the town of Dorking in England. ] (Zool.) One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Dowle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. Doullens, a town of Picardy, in France, formerly celebrated for this manufacture. ] A coarse linen cloth made in the north of England and in Scotland, now nearly replaced by calico. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. douille soft. Cf. Ductile. ] Feathery or wool-like down; filament of a feather. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No feather, or dowle of a feather. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form like a bowl; to give a globular shape to. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make a monk (or wearer of a cowl) of. [ R. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without fellow or equal; peerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose well-built walls are rare and fellowless. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fellowlike. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Knowledge of a thing before it happens, or of whatever is to happen; prescience. [ 1913 Webster ]

If I foreknew,
Foreknowledge had no influence on their fault. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [ OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, fågel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal. ] 1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. Gen. i. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a flight of fowl
Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). [ 1913 Webster ]

Barndoor fowl, or
Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fowled p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling. ] To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food. [ 1913 Webster ]