A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1505-1507, 1604-1605
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Knop, v.1 Also: knap; Knoppit p.p. [ME. knoppe (c 1400), f. Knopn.] a. tr. To provide with tassels. b. intr. Of flowers: To bud. —a. 1505 Treasurer's Accounts III. 40.
For ij pypanes blak silk to knop the said hat 1507 Ib. IV. 88. b.
Hors housouris, … vj elne rede carsay to bordour and knop thaima1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 39.
Euery blome … ; Sum knopping [L. knapping], sum dropping [L. drapping] Of balmie liquor sweit
