According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
ACKNOWN
Verb
acknown
past participle of acknow
(obsolete) Recognized, confessed, disclosed, revealed, realized
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
Be not acknown on't: I have use for it.
Source: Wiktionary
ACKNOW
Ac*know", v. t. Etym: [Pref. a- + know; AS. oncnawan.]
1. To recognize. [Obs.] "You will not be acknown, sir." B. Jonson.
2. To acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] Chaucer. To be acknown (often with of or on), to acknowledge; to confess. [Obs.] We say of a stubborn body that standeth still in the denying of his fault, This man will not acknowledge his fault, or, He will not be acknown of his fault. Sir T. More.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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