n.
adj.
v. t.
His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
It beckons you to go away with it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A sign made without words; a beck. “At the first beckon.” Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a radish of Japan (Raphanus sativus longipinnatus) with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked.
n. (Naut.) See under Dead, a. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ Gr.
v. t. To know. See Can, and Con. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Ye konnen thereon as much as any man. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An erect deciduous shrub or tree (Fuchsia excorticata), native to New Zealand, growing up to 10 feet, with maroon-flushed flowers.
n. (Min.) See Conite. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Prob. formed from conceal. ] (Med.) A form of capsule for inclosing a dose of medicine that is offensive, caustic, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Zool.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) A South American wild dog (Canis cancrivorus); the crab-eating dog. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. To reckon wrongly; to miscalculate. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An erroneous computation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To exceed in reckoning or computation. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To reckon too highly. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain. Lev. xxvii. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke xxii. 37. [ 1913 Webster ]
For him I reckon not in high estate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Rom. iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
“Parfay, ” sayst thou, “sometime he reckon shall.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
To reckon for,
To reckon on
To reckon upon
To reckon with,
To reckon without one's host,
n. One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning. [ 1913 Webster ]
Reckoners without their host must reckon twice. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the way to make reckonings even is to make them often. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
He quitted London, never to return till the day of a terrible and memorable reckoning had arrived. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a reckoning. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
You make no further reckoning of it [ beauty ] than of an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
To be out of her reckoning,
day of reckoning
n. See Sconce. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]