Gnome vs Know - What's the difference?
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A brief reflection or maxim; a pithy saying.
* 1996 , , Giorgio A. Pinton, Arthur W. Shippee (translators), The Art of Rhetoric'', [1711-1741, Giambattista Vico, ''Institutiones Oratoriae ],
* 2003 , Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Tragedy and Athenian Religion ,
(magic, alchemy, Rosicrucianism) An elemental (spirit or corporeal creature associated with a classical element) associated with earth.
* 1811 , The Medical and Physical Journal , Volume 25,
* 2006 , Greg Lynch, RuneQuest Monsters ,
* 2007 , Christopher Penczak, Ascension Magick: Ritual, Myth and Healing for the New Aeon ,
(mythology, fantasy literature) One of a legendary race of human-like beings, usually imagined as short bearded males, who inhabit the inner parts of the earth and act as guardians of mines, mineral treasure, etc.
* 2011 , Ross Lawhead, The Realms Thereunder ,
A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
The (northern pygmy owl), , a small owl of the western United States.
A small statue placed in a garden to ward off pests and protect a home from sorcery.
* 2011 , Bronwen Forbes, The Small-Town Pagan's Survival Guide ,
(astronomy, meteorology) An upper atmospheric optical phenomenon associated with thunderstorms, a compact blue starter.
(lb) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.
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(lb) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.
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(lb) To experience.
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*1991 , Irvin Haas, Historic Homes of the American Presidents , p.155:
*:The Truman family knew good times and bad,.
(lb) To distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.
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*(Bible)'', ''(w) 7.16 :
*:Ye shall know them by their fruits.
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*:The Bat—they called him the Bat.. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
*1980 , Armored and mechanized brigade operations , p.3−29:
*:Flares do not know friend from foe and so illuminate both. Changes in wind direction can result in flare exposure of the attacker while defenders hide in the shadows.
(lb) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.
* (Thomas Flatman), Translation of Part of (Petronius) Arbiter's (Satyricon)
*:At nearer view he thought he knew the dead, / And call'd the wretched man to mind.
*1818 , (w), (Frankenstein) :
*:Ernest also is so much improved, that you would hardly know him:.
To understand from experience or study.
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(lb) To understand (a subject).
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To have sexual relations with.
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*:And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
(lb) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
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(lb) To be or become aware or cognizant.
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To be acquainted (with another person).
*1607 , (William Shakespeare), (Antony and Cleopatra) , :
*:You and I have known , sir.
Knowledge; the state of knowing.
* 1623 , William Shakespeare, Hamlet (1623 first folio edition), act 5, scene 2:
As a proper noun gnome
is an open source, free software computer desktop environment for unix operating systems.As a verb know is
(lb) to perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.As a noun know is
knowledge; the state of knowing.gnome
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)page 125,
- The Greeks in their tongue call this second type of maxim noema''. The gnome''' is more appropriate to the philosophers, and the noema to the orators, to the poets, and to the historians. To speak by '''gnomes alone was referred to by the Greeks as "philosophizing" which we Italians would render as "to mouth maxims" (''sputar sentenze ).
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- Thus, the gnome''''' concerning the precarious nature of, and the potential suffering in, human life sent by the gods uttered by Electra is deconstructed by her choice of paradigm. By using Tantalos as an illustration, the play overturns the apparent meaning of the '''''gnome .
Synonyms
* adage, apothegm, maxim, paroemia, proverb, sententiaEtymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 138,
- He adopts the Rosycrusian fancy of Gnomes , spirits which inhabit the earth, and who by their power form the ores of metals, and all the wonders met with in the inmost recesses of the globe.
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- Gnomes are perhaps the most useful of the elementals.
- A gnome' can carry a person with it as it swims through the soil, provided it is strong enough to lift the person. The ' gnome cannot, however, provide air for that person.
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- Elementals are the consciousness guiding the four classical elements of earth, fire, air, and water. These elementals are depicted as gnomes , salamanders, diminutive faeries known as sylphs, and merfolk, known as undines, respectively.
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- There were not one but four gnomes standing at his feet. “I nearly trod on you,” Daniel said. “What are you doing here?”
- The gnomes just stood, looking up at him.
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- My mother-in-law, who swears she is a good Lutheran but is also the most powerful Witch I have ever met, also has at least a dozen small lawn gnomes' peeking out from beside her shrubs, next to the lilac bushes, and hanging out with the roses. My husband has already started our collection; as of this writing, four '''gnomes''' and one moss-covered rabbit hang out in the shrubbery by the front door, two ' gnomes live in the dining room, and one guards the perpetual pile of to-do paperwork that lives next to the computer.
Derived terms
* garden gnomeSee also
* kobold * salamander (elemental of fire) * sylph (elemental of air) * undine (elemental of water)References
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English
(wikipedia know)Verb
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew , made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
Quotations
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), Julius Caesar , scene 1: *: O, that a man might know' / The end of this day's business ere it come! / But it sufficeth that the day will end, / And then the end is ' known . * 1839 , (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), The Light of Stars'', ''Voices of the Night : *: O fear not in a world like this, / And thou shalt know' erelong, / ' Know how sublime a thing it is, / To suffer and be strong. *Usage notes
* "Knowen" is found in some old texts as the past participle. * In some old texts, the form "know to [verb]" rather than "know how to [verb]" is found, e.g. Milton wrote "he knew himself to sing, and build the lofty rhymes".Derived terms
* God knows * God only knows * it's not what you know but who you know * know about * know-all * know beans about * know from * know-how * know inside and out * know-it-all * knowledge * know like a book * know like the back of one's hand * know-nothing * know of * know one's ass from a hole in the ground * know one's own mind * know one's way around * know someone in the biblical sense * know which end is up * know which way is up * not know someone from Adam * the dear knowsNoun
(en noun)- That on the view and know of these Contents, death,