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.