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Nowed
(gcide) | Nowed \Now"ed\, a. [F. nou['e], p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L.
nodare. See Nodated.] (Her.)
Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.
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snowed
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Besnowed
(gcide) | Besnow \Be*snow"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besnowed.] [OE.
bisnewen, AS. besn[imac]wan; pref. be- + sn[imac]wan to
snow.]
1. To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes.
[R.] --Gower.
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2. To cover with snow; to whiten with snow, or as with snow.
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Fenowed
(gcide) | Fenowed \Fen"owed\, a. [AS. fynig musty, fynegean to become
musty or filthy: cf. fennig fenny, muddy, dirty, fr. fen fen.
Cf. Finew.]
Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [Obs.] --Dr.
Favour.
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Snowed
(gcide) | Snow \Snow\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snowing.]
To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it
snows; it snowed yesterday.
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Unowed
(gcide) | Unowed \Un*owed"\, a.
1. Ownerless. [Obs.] --Shak.
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2. Not owed; as, to pay money unowed.
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Winnowed
(gcide) | Winnow \Win"now\ (w[i^]n"n[-o]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Winnowed
(w[i^]n"n[-o]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Winnowing.] [OE. windewen,
winewen, AS. windwian; akin to Goth. winpjan (in comp.),
winpi-skauro a fan, L. ventilare to fan, to winnow; cf. L.
wannus a fan for winnowing, G. wanne, OHG. wanna. [root]131.
See Wind moving air, and cf. Fan., n., Ventilate.]
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1. To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of
wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain.
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Ho winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing floor.
--Ruth. iii.
2.
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2. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from
truth; to separate, as bad from good.
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Winnow well this thought, and you shall find
This light as chaff that flies before the wind.
--Dryden.
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3. To beat with wings, or as with wings.[Poetic]
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Now on the polar winds; then with quick fan
Winnows the buxom air. --Milton.
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