An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 473

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 473

KNOCK, _s._ A clock, S.


_Watson._


KNOCKIT BARLEY or BEAR, barley stripped of the husk, by being beaten in a hollow stone with a maul, S.


_Ramsay._


_To_ KNOIT, KNITE, NOYT, _v. a._


1. To strike with a sharp sound, S.


_Chr. Kirk._


2. To amble or hobble in walking, S.


Isl. _hniot-a_, _niot-a_, ferire.


~Knoit~, ~Noit~, _s._ A smart stroke, S.


_A. Nicol._


2. The sound occasioned by a stroke or fall on any hard body, S.


_Journ. Lond._


_To_ KNOIT, _v. a._ To gnaw; expressive of the manner in which infants eat, Ang.


Isl. _hnot-a_, to rub.


KNOIT, _s._ A large piece of any thing, S. B.


V. ~Knoost~.


Isl. _knott-ur_, globus.


KNOOP, _s._


1. A protuberance, S.


2. A pin, on which any thing is hung, S.


3. _Knoop of a hill_, that part which towers above, or projects from the rest, S.


Isl. _gnup-r_, jugum montis.


KNOOST, KNUIST, _s._ A large lump, Loth.


_Ramsay._


Isl. _hnaus_, a lump of earth.


_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To knap.


_Burel._


_To_ KNOP, _v. n._ To put forth buds.


_Montgomerie._


Su. G. _knopp-u_, gemmas emittere.


KNORRY, _adj._ Knotty.


_Douglas._


Teut. _knorre_, tuber.


KNOT, _s._ A pretty large piece of any thing round or square, S. B.


KNOT-GRa.s.s, _s._ Tall oatgra.s.s, S.


KNOUL TAES, toes having swellings on the joints.


_Evergreen._


Teut. _knovel_, nodus; Su. G. _knoel_, a b.u.mp.


_To_ KNOW, _v. a._ To press down with the fists, or knees.


_Watson._


Sw. _knog-a_, pugnis genibusque eniti.


KNOW, KNOWE, _s._ A little hill, S.