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knitch Now dial. (nɪtʃ) Forms: α. 4 knucche, knohche, knycche, 4–6 knytche, 5 knyche, 6 knoche, 6– knitch. β. 6 nytche, 8– nitch. [ME. knücche, knycche:—OE. ᵹecnycc(e (occurring in the sense ‘bond’); from same root as LG. knuck(e, Ger. knocke, a bundle of heckled flax. Ultimate etym. obscure: cf. to...
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knitchet
† knitchet Obs. rare—1. [f. knitch + -et1.] A small knitch; a handful (of reeds, etc.). But in quot. perh. misprint for knitches, usual in Holland.1601 Holland Pliny II. xx. xvii. 100 The said stems are slit and clouen..when they be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets or handfuls.
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nitch
▪ I. nitch, n. rare. (nɪtʃ) Also 8 nich(e. [Of obscure origin: cf. nick n. and notch n.] A slight break, notch, or incision.1726 in Lowson J. Guidfollow (1890) App. 282 The Deponent afterward having seen the sword..perceived a nitch in it. 1726 Monro Anat. 80 Frequently a Hole is found on one Side, ...
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medkniche
† medkniche local. Obs. rare—1. [f. med (? meed n., or mead2) + knitch.] (Explained in the context as the quantity of hay to be given in reward to the hayward, being as much as he could lift with his middle finger as high as his knee.)1235–52 Rentalia Glaston. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 85 Et die quando l...
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fasces
‖ fasces, n. pl. (ˈfæsiːz) [L. fascēs (sing. fascis bundle) in same sense.] 1. A bundle of rods bound up with an axe in the middle and its blade projecting. These rods were carried by lictors before the superior magistrates at Rome as an emblem of their power.1598 R. Grenewey Tacitus' Ann. i. iii. (...
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knock
▪ I. knock, v. (nɒk) Forms: 1 cnucian, cnocian, 2 cnokien, 4 cnoke, 4–5 knoke, knokke, 4–6 knok, 4–7 knocke, 4, 6– knock. [Late OE. cnocian, beside usual WS. cnucian; cf. ON. knoka; prob. of echoic origin. The relations between the u and o forms are obscure.] I. 1. a. intr. To strike with a sounding...
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