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

KNIBLE, adj. Nimble, S. B.
Ross.

Su. G. Teut. knap, alacer.

KNIBLOCH, KNUBLOCK, s.
1. A small round stone or hardened clod, S.
Ross.
2. A knob of wood, S.
Ramsay.
3. The swelling occasioned by a blow or fall.
Gl. Shirr.

Belg. knobbel, a knob, a knurl.

Knibblockie, adj. Rough, applied to a road in which many small stones rise up, S. B.

KNYFF, s. A hanger or dagger.
Wallace.

O. Teut. knyf, culter, gladius, Kilian.

KNYPSIT, pret. L. knappit.
Knox.

KNITCH. s. A bundle, S.

Sw. knyte, id., knyt-a, to tie.