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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.
