▪ I. knowe, know
(naʊ, Sc. dial. nou, nʌu)
Sc. and North. Eng. form of knoll, hillock, rising ground.
| 1513 Douglas æneis viii. iii. 37 From a hyll or a know To tham he callis. a 1585 Montgomerie Flyting 73 Many ȝeald ȝow hast thou cald ouer a know. 1719 D'Urfey Pills (1872) II. 167 Riding over a Knough, I met with a Farmer's Daughter. 1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 295 He roam'd O'er hill and dale, o'er broomy knowe. 1879 E. Waugh Chimney Corner 252 (Lancash. dial.) Till I geet at th' top of a bit of a knowe. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xxx. 352 The path rose and came at last to the head of a knowe. [In E.D.D. from the six northern counties of England.] |
b. Comb., as knowe-head, knowe-top.
| 15.. Wife of Auchtermuchty xiii, Then up he gat on a know heid, On hir to cry, on hir to schout. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xlv, I will just show mysell on the knowe-head. |
▪ II. knowe, -en
pa. pple. of know v.