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English
Etymology
From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nott (comparative more nott, superlative most nott)
- (obsolete) Bald.
- (now UK dialect, Newfoundland) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
1850, “On the Farming of Somerset”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, volume XI, page 679:For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned?
Verb
nott (third-person singular simple present notts, present participle notting, simple past and past participle notted)
- (obsolete) To shear.
1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles:he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven.