towler (2)

[A corrupt of alder (q. v.).) (For def. see etym.) owl-er-ý, s. [Eng.owl; -ery.] 1. A haunt or abode of owls. *2. The qualities of an owl. owl-et *how-let, s . [Eng. owl (1), s.; dim in. suff. -let .] A young or small owl; an owl. owl-ish, a. [Eng. owl; -ish.] Like an owl; owl like. IMG:content-0493.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] "Hold your own in any case." Shakesp.: Taming of the Shrew , iv. 4. own (1), *aghnien, *ahnien, *ahnen, *ohnen, *ohnien, v . t. [A. S. ágnian, from ágn , a contracted form of agen one's own; cogn. with Icel. eigna = to claim as one's own, from eigin =own; Dan. egne; Ger. eignen .] 1. To po e by right; to have the right of property in; to have the legal right or rightful title to. 2. To claim as one's own; to answer to. "Tell me, ye Trojans, for that name you own." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, vii. 270. ōwn (2), v . t. & i. [A. S. unnan =to grant; cogn. with O. Sax. gi-unnan; Ger. gönnen; M. H. Ger. gunnen; O. H. Ger. gi - unnan; Icel. unna.] A. Transitive : 1. To concede, to grant, to allow, to acknowledge, to confe ; not to deny; to admit to be true. "We do, and must constantly deny, that the authority of such an extraordinary spirit was ever owned or admitted."-South: Sermons, vol. v., ser. 8. 2. To recognize, to acknowledge. "Two of those fellows you must know and own." Shakesp.: Tempest, v. 3. To acknowledge or admit the po e ion or ownership of. B. In trans.: To confe , to acknowledge. (Followed by to .)