A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Knowll-, Knwle-, Knewl-ta, n. [Cf. the later dial. knoul, (k)nool, (k)nule (also comb.-kneed, -tae(d), a knob, knot, swelling, excrescence, and OSw. knula (beside knyla), Da. Norw. Sw. dial. knūl, LG. knulle, knul(l, in similar senses.] A toe swollen at the joints. —1504 Soc. Ant. XXIII. 46.
Robert Ra [called] Knewlta c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxviii. 19.
Is nocht in all this fair a flyrok That hes vpoun his feit a wyrok Knowll [M. knwle] tais, nor mowlis in no degrie, Bot ȝe can hyd thame
