A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Knopska, var. of knapska Knapscall n. —1596 Dalr. II. 187/34. ?
Will we nocht appeir to cast from vs baith buckler and knopska [L. scutum galeamque] 1606 Lett. Eccl. Affairs I. 42.
Everie man that pleasis … rydis with jackis, spearis, and knopsknais [sic], without controlment
