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

Isl. knott-ur, globus.

KNOOP, s.
1. A protuberance, S.
2. A pin, on which any thing is hung, S.
3. Knoop of a hill, that part which towers above, or projects from the rest, S.

Isl. gnup-r, jugum montis.

KNOOST, KNUIST, s. A large lump, Loth.
Ramsay.

Isl. hnaus, a lump of earth.

To KNOP, v. n. To knap.
Burel.

To KNOP, v. n. To put forth buds.
Montgomerie.

Su. G. knopp-u, gemmas emittere.

KNORRY, adj. Knotty.
Douglas.

Teut. knorre, tuber.