Gnasp, verb. (old).—To vex. For synonyms, see Rile.
1728. Bailey, English Dict. s.v.
Gnoff.—See Gonnof.
Gnostic, subs. (colloquial).—A knowing one; a downy cove (q.v.); a whipster (q.v.). [From the Gr., gnosis = knowledge.]
1819. Moore, Tom Crib, p. 27. Many of the words used by the Canting Beggars in Beaumont and Fletcher’s Masque are still to be heard among the gnostics of Dyot Street and Tothill Fields.
adj. (colloquial).—Knowing, artful (q.v.).
Gnostically, adv. (colloquial).—Knowingly.
1825. Scott, St. Ronan’s Well, ch. iv. He was tog’d gnostically enough.
Go, subs. (common).—1. A drink; specifically a quartern of gin. (Formerly a go-down, but Cf., quot. 1811.)
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