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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Knok, Knock, Knoke, n.⁴ [North. e.m.E. knoke (1573) a bundle (of heckled flax), MLG. knocke, knucke, Ger. knocke id.] A bundle (of hemp, flax, or the like). Also attrib. with lint (lunt). —a1568 Bann. MS. 114 b/59.
I coniure thé With … nyne knokis of windil strais 1644 Edinb. Test. LX. 376 b.
xv knokes of vnhandled hemp new peiled estimat all to xl s. 1653 Ib. LXVII. 168 b.
xxx knockis wnhecklit lintattrib. 1615 Edinb. Test. XLVIII. 194.
Foure stane knok lint at iiij lib. the stane 1619 Ib. L. 227.
Ane hundreth pund weycht of knok lint at v s. the pund weycht 1627 Ib. LIV. 189.
xxi staine knoke lint 1636 Ib. LVII. 316.
Sextene pund weycht knoklunt at viij s. the pund weycht 1642 Ib. LX. 185.
Sextene pund weycht of knok lint