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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
HOW. adv. [hu, Saxon; hoe, Dutch.]
- In what manner; to what degree.
How long wilt thou refuſe to humble thyſelf before me?
— Exodus.
ARD. [Saxon.]
Signifies natural diſpoſition; as, Goddard is a divine temper; Reinard, a ſincere temper; Giffard, a bountiful and liberal diſpoſition; Bernard, filial affection.
CORN. n.ſ. [corn, Sax. korn, Germ. It is found in all the Teutonick dialects; as, in an old Runick rhyme,
Hagul er kaldastur corna.
Hail is the coldest grain.]
- The ſeeds which grow in ears, not in pods; ſuch as are made into bread.
The people cry you mock’d them; and, of late,
When corn was given them gratis, you repin’d.— Shakesp.
THI´RTY. adj. [ðrittig, Saxon]
Thrice ten.
The Claudian aqueduct ran thirty-eight miles.
— Addison
THREE. adj. [ðrie, Saxon; dry, Dutch; tri, Welſh and Erſe; tres, Lat.]
- Two and one.
Down to theſe worlds I trod the diſmal way,
And dragg’d the three-mouth’d dog to upper day.— Pope