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Traditional English :: knave
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knavishness.html - n. 1 a rogue, a scoundrel. 2 = JACK(1) n. 2. knavery n. (pl. -ies). knavish adj. knavishly adv. knavishness n. [OE cnafa boy, servant, f. WG] |
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Traditional English :: knack
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knavishness.html - n. 1 an acquired or intuitive faculty of doing a thing adroitly. 2 a trick or habit of action or speech etc. (has a knack of offending people). 3 archaic an ingenious device (see KNICK-KNACK ). [ME, prob. identical with knack sharp blow or sound f. LG, ult. imit.] |
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Traditional English :: knacker
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knavishness.html - n. & v. Brit. --n. 1 a buyer of useless horses for slaughter.
2 a buyer of old houses, ships, etc. for the materials. --v.tr. sl.
1 kill.
2 (esp. as knackered adj.) exhaust, wear out. [19th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: knackery
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knavishness.html - n.
(pl. -ies) a knacker's yard or business. |
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Traditional English :: knag
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knavishness.html - n. 1 a knot in wood; the base of a branch. 2 a short dead branch. 3 a peg for hanging things on. knaggy adj. [ME, perh. f. LG Knagge] |
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Traditional English :: knap(1)
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knavishness.html - n. chiefly dial. the crest of a hill or of rising ground. [OE cnp(p), perh. rel. to ON knappr knob ] |
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