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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
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Chapter 270 Knacky.

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To GNYP, GNIP, GNAP, v. a.

1. To crop, to gnaw.

Douglas.

Germ. kneipp-en; Isl. knyp-a, vellere.

2. To eat, S. B.

GNIPPER for GNOPPER, an alliterative phrase used to express the sound made by a mill in grinding.

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Su. G. knaepp-a, to knap.

GOADLOUP, s. The gantelope, a military punishment.

Wodrow.

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