knowe

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

  1. (chiefly Scotland and Ulster) A small hill; a knoll.

Etymology 2

Verb

knowe

  1. Obsolete spelling of know.

Anagrams

Middle English

Verb

knowe

  1. Alternative form of knowen

Scots

Etymology

From Old English cnoll (summit).

Pronunciation

Noun

knowe (plural knowes)

  1. 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.
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