knep, v.
Also 7 kneppe.
Dial. var. knap v.2
| 1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 118 Horses,..are on mendinge hand when they kneppe one with another. c 1746 Collier (Tim Bobbin) View Lanc. Dial. Wks. (1862) 67 Os greadly o Lad as needs t' knep oth 'Hem of a keke. 1828 Craven Dial., Knep, knipe, to crop with the teeth, to bite easily. 1855 Robinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., ‘They [sick cattle] are nobbut just yabble to knep a bit’, only able to eat a little at a time. |