An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To KNACK, KNAK, v. a. To taunt.
Wyntown.

Su. G. knack-a, to tap, to pat, q. to strike smartly; or Isl. nagg-a, litigare.

Knack, Knak, s. pron. nack.
1. A gibe, a sharp repartee, S.
Douglas.
2. A trick, S.
Ramsay.

Knacky, adj.
1. Quick at repartee, S.
Ramsay.
2. Acute, but at the same time facetious, S.
Ruddiman.
3. Applied to what is entertaining; as, a nacky story, S.
Ramsay.

Knackety, adj. Self-conceited, S.

KNAG, s. A knob on which any thing is hung, S.
Popular Ball.

Su. G. knoge, condylus.

Knaggie, adj.
1. Having protuberances.
Burns.
2. Tart and ill-humoured, knaggit, Fife.
Cleland.

KNAGGIE, s. A small cask, Aberd.
Gl. Shirr.

KNAGGIM, s. A disagreeable taste, S.
Journal Lond.