† gnip, v. Sc. Obs.
[? onomatopœic; cf. nip, knip.]
trans. To nip, bite. Of a horse: To champ (the bit).
| c 1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. iv. 605 Syne in his body gnyp and gnaw. 1513 Douglas æneis iii. viii. 64 Heir..I saw..four horsis quhite as snaw Gnyppand gersis the large feildis on raw. Ibid. iv. iv. 11 Hir fers steid stude..Rungeand [v.r. gnyppand] the fomy goldin bitt. |