An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 470
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 470
KNAB, _s._
1. One who possesses a small independence; _a little laird_, S.
_Forbes._
2. A leader or general.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Germ. _knab_, puer n.o.bilis; Isl. _knap-ar_. vulgus n.o.bilium.
~Knabby~, ~Knabbish~, _adj._ Possessing independence in a middling line, S.
_To_ KNACK, KNAK, _v. a._ To taunt.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _knack-a_, to tap, to pat, q. to strike smartly; or Isl.
_nagg-a_, litigare.
~Knack~, ~Knak~, _s._ p.r.o.n. _nack_.
1. A gibe, a sharp repartee, S.
_Douglas._
2. A trick, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knacky~, _adj._
1. Quick at repartee, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Acute, but at the same time facetious, S.
_Ruddiman._
3. Applied to what is entertaining; as, _a nacky story_, S.
_Ramsay._
~Knackety~, _adj._ Self-conceited, S.
KNAG, _s._ A k.n.o.b on which any thing is hung, S.
_Popular Ball._
Su. G. _knoge_, condylus.
~Knaggie~, _adj._
1. Having protuberances.
_Burns._
2. Tart and ill-humoured, _knaggit_, Fife.
_Cleland._
KNAGGIE, _s._ A small cask, Aberd.
_Gl. Shirr._
KNAGGIM, _s._ A disagreeable taste, S.
_Journal Lond._
KNAIVATICK, _adj._ Mean, from _knave_.
_Evergreen._
_To_ KNAP, KNOP, _v. n._
1. To speak after the English manner, S.
_Watson._
_To knap suddrone_, _v. a._ To speak like those who live _South_ from S.
_Hamilton._
2. To clip words by a false p.r.o.nunciation.
E. _knap_, to break short.
_Colvil._