Defn: Know not; knows not. [Obs.]
NOTE
Note, n.
Defn: Nut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTE
Note, n. Etym: [AS. notu use, profit.]
Defn: Need; needful business. [Obs.] Chaucer.
NOTE
Note, n. Etym: [F. note, L. nota; akin to noscere, notum, to know.
See Know.]
1. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality. Whosoever appertain to the visible body of the church, they have also the notes of external profession. Hooker. She [the Anglican church] has the note of possession, the note of freedom from party titles,the note of life — a tough life and a vigorous. J. H. Newman. What a note of youth, of imagination, of impulsive eagerness, there was through it all ! Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
3. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.
4. A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.