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English
Etymology 1
Noun
knowe (plural knowes)
- (chiefly Scotland and Ulster) A small hill; a knoll.
Etymology 2
Verb
knowe
- Obsolete spelling of know
Anagrams
Middle English
Verb
knowe
- Alternative form of knowen
Scots
Etymology
From Old English cnoll (“summit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
knowe (plural knowes)
- knoll, hillock, hillside, field head
1794, Robert Burns, The Highland Widow's Lament:And there I had three score o' yowes, / Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! / Skipping on yon bonie knowes, / And casting woo' to me.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)