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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

KNIB, n.1 In a tether: “a small piece of wood in the end of a rope, which is fixed in the [looped] end of another rope, the arrangement acting as a swivel” (Cai. 1907 County of Cai. (Horne) 77), a toggle (Cai. 1960). Cf. Knabbie, id.

[Orig. uncertain. Phs. a conflation of nib and Knabbie. See note to Knibloch.]

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