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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1618
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Misknowing, vbl. n. [e.m.E. and ME. mysknowyng(e (Chaucer), misknowing: cf. Misknawing.] Mistaking, having a wrong estimation (of). —1618 Bk. Univ. Kirk III. 1146.
This were a misknowing of your places