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KNOW, v. and sb. Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. Eng. Amer. and Colon. [nǭ, nǫə, nā.] I. v. Gram. forms.

Present Tense: (1) Kna, (2) Knaa, (3) Knaow, (4) Knaw, (5) Kneaw, (6) Knoa, (7) Knoan, (8) Knoaw, (9) Knoo, (10) Knoow, (11) Knouth, (12) Known, (13) Na, (14) Nah, (15) Nao, (16) Naoh, (17) Naw, (18) Neaw, (19) Noa, (20) Noa-ŭ. (1) Cum.3 Thou knā's thou dud it, 112. Wm. I kna haw they fend all, Wheeler Dial. (1790) 113, ed. 1821. w.Yks.1 It's nut to kna. Lan. This was a bonny come up, ye knā, R. Piketah Forness Flk. (1870) 20. (2) Nhb.1 Thoo knaas aa like te he' thee near. Cum.1 Cum.4, w.Yks.1, Ess.1 (3) w.Wor.1, se.Wor.1 (4) Sc. Obs., Murray Dial. (1873) 205; Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Dur.1 Wm. Ink-horn words... we knaw lile abaut, Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 19. n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. I've read th' history o' Scotland, and happen knaw as mich on't as ye, Brontë Shirley (1849) v; w.Yks.1 Lin. Doctors, they knaws nowt, Tennyson N. Farmer, Old Style (1864) st. 2. n.Lin.1 Glo. Dunt knaw, sir, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) I. i. w.Som.1 Dev. I knaw who'th a dood et, Flk-Lore Jrn. (1883) I. 334. (5) Lan. Oi kneaw not what he's fun, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) III. 76. (6) Lan. Ey knoas neawt abowt him, Ainsworth Witches (ed. 1849) Introd. i. (7) Lan. An' oi've a reet to say who knoan, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) I. 134. (8) Sus. Don't knöaw, Jennings Field Paths (1884) 50. (9) Lei.1 (10) Lan. As mony a one knoowas, Gaskell M. Barton (1848) iv. (11) Wxf.1 Ich knouth im. (12) Lan. Aw known nought abeawt it havin' banked som'dy afore, Standing Echoes (1885) 15. (13) Sur. I dun na' whaät the Church be comin' to, Bickley Sur. Hills (1890) I. viii. (14) Wm. Gaffer lile nahs hoo meh hart ebs en' flows, Blezard Sngs. (1848) 18. (15) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877)
(16) m.Yks.1 Introd. 36. (17) Dev. Eef thow naw nat, Aw thou vairest among hummen, go thy way vorth be tha vootsteps uv tha vlock, Baird Sng. Sol. (1860) i. 8. (18) Lan. Aw neaw as yo tak t'Penny Novelist, Essay on Dreams, 4. (19) s.Chs.1 85. (20) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47.
Preterite: (1) Knà't, (2) Knawd, Knawed, (3) Kneuw, (4) Knewd, (5) Knewn, (6) Knood, (7) Knowd, Knowed, (8) Known, (9) Knu, (10) Naew, (11) Nao·d, (12) Nawd, (13) Noad, (14) Noa·ŭd. (1) n.Cy. (J.W.) Cum.3 A stranger... 'at varry few knà't owte about, 110. (2) Yks. I knawd oud Joshua Gilsland, Howitt Hope On (1840) xviii. w.Yks. I... knaw'd everything 'at pass'd, Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) 149. Lin. I knaw'd a Quaäker feller as often 'as towd me this, Tennyson N. Farmer, New Style (1870) st. 5. n.Lin.1 Glo. I never knawed right about heaven and hell, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) I. i. w.Som.1 I've a vorgot more-n ever he knaw'd. Dev. When first I knawed un, Red Rose in Pall Mall Mag. (Apr. 1900) 436. Cor.1 Cor.2 (3) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 205. (4) n.Yks. (I.W.) (5) Ir. You knewn very well that both, Carleton Fardorougha (ed. 1848) xvi. (6) Lei.1 A knood as his hour were coom. (7) n.Ir. A knowed a man, Lyttle Paddy McQuillan
Ant. I met an ould caillach I knowed right well, O'Neill Glens (1900) 7. Dwn. A niver knowed him tae be ocht else but a God-fearin' man an' a gentleman, Lyttle Betsy Gray (1894)
Dur. I thowt you knowed, Longman's Mag. (July 1897)
w.Yks. If you nobbut knowed, Westall Birch Dene (1889) I. 238. Chs.1, Der.1, Not.1, Lei.1 Nhp.1 He knowed better all the while. War.1 War.2 War.3, Oxf. (G.O.) Brks. Hollered all I knowed, Hughes Scour. White Horse (1859) vi. Ess.1 Sur.1 I thought there might be some one that know'd him. Ken.1 w.Cy. We chaps knowed nothen bout thik snare, Cornh. Mag. (Apr. 1895) 393. Dor. I knowed him well, Rustic Argus in Longman's Mag. (Apr. 1900) 526. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 277.] (8) w.Yks. (J.W.), Not.1 Lei.1 Ah known 'im ivver so long agoo. War.3 Hrf.1 I known it very well. I.W. Pleasant spoke as ever I known, Gray Annesley (1889) I. 182. (9) Wm. Tha o knu et t'king thowt he war net gahn ta part wi his yed, Robison Aald Taales (1882) 15. (10) m.Yks.1 Introd. 36. (11) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. (12) Nhb. Aw nawd nowt, Robson Evangeline (1870) 346. (13) s.Chs.1 85. (14) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47.
Pp.: (1) Knaan, (2) Knà'n, (3) Knaw'd, (4) Knawen, (5) Knawn, (6) Kneawn, (7) Knew, (8) Knoan, (9) Knowd, Knowed, (10) Nao·d, (11) Nao·h'n, (12) Noa·n, (13) Noa·ŭd. (1) n.Cy. (J.W.), w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1 (2) Cum.3 He was niver knà'n ut smile, 111. (3) w.Som.1 I've a-knaw'd jis thing avore now. (4) Sc. Murray Dial. (1873) 205. (5) Dur.1, n.Yks.2, w.Yks.1 (6) Lan. If yo were kneawn for young Holte, Kay-Shuttleworth Scarsdale (1860) I. 60. (7) I.Ma. The differ wouldn be knew, Brown Witch (1889) 43. (8) e.Yks. If t'truth wer' knoan, Wray Nestleton (1876) 19. (9) Sc. (A.W.) Ant. Whatever luck has followed him was never rightly knowed, O'Neill Glens (1900) 43. Not. If I'd knowed I'd ha' been busted before, Prior Renie (1895) 173; Not.1, Lei.1, War.1 War.2 Sur. I've know'd a litter o' seven whelps reared in this hole, Hoskyns Talpa (1852) 44, ed. 1857. Ken.1 I've knowed 'im ever since he was a boy. [Amer. Dial. Notes (1896) I. 277.] (10) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. (11) m.Yks.1 Introd.
(12) s.Chs.1 85. (13) w.Som. Elworthy Gram. (1877) 47. II. Dial. uses. 1. v. In phr. (1) to know by, (2) know for, (3) know on, (4) know to, to know of or concerning; to be familiar with; (5) know oneself, to know how to conduct oneself, to know one's proper station; (6) know tin, to be a clever fellow; (7) know what is o'clock, to know what is going on; (8) not to know one's own, to be a thief; (9) to let one know, (10) to let one know one's master, to beat, give a good thrashing to. (1) Chs.3 I know nothing by myself [from my own personal knowledge]. w.Som.1 Heard only in certain negative constructions ─ gen. to know anything by a person means against him; but in reply to a question, such as, Are there any ducks to sell about here the answer would be, Neet-s aay noa· buy· [not that I know of]. nw.Dev.1 (2) Glo. (J.S.F.S.) Som. (F.A.A.); And I d' know for a bank-cock wi' one, and a dunnock's ready, and a bobby's a-builden, Raymond Misterton's Mistake (1888) 23. (3) n.Cy., w.Yks. (J.W.) (4) s.Chs.1 Ahy noa· tŭ ŭ tùm·nuwps neyst; bŭr ah)l nuur tel dhey tóo it [I know to a tumnowp's neist; bur ah'll nur tell thee to it]. Not.1 Rut.1 An old man had been using a liniment for some time past: ‘He'd miss it now: he knows to it.’ Lei.1 Ah knoo to foor boods' nayzen. Ah didn' knoo tew it. War.2 War.3 w.Wor.1 Please, miss, 'ould yŭ like a young lennet or a throstle? I knaows to some nesses. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 To know the whereabouts of a thing ─ a more definite expression than know of, which is understood to mean rather the knowledge that a certain thing is somewhere, than that it is in any particular spot. ‘Dost'ee know to the brummock, Dick?’ Hrf.2 (5) sw.Lin.1 I should like her a place where she would get to know hersen. She was a proud stuck-up thing, she didn't know hersen a bit. Nhp.1 They do not know themselves. War.3 (6) Cor. He's the chap what knaw tin, Tregellas Tales (ed. 1865)
(7) Nrf. ‘My chummy he knowed what was o'clock.’ So he kept old Kidman yarning, Emerson Son of Fens (1892) 216. (8) n.Lin.1 To say that a person does not know his own, is a courteous way of stating that he is a thief. (9) Not.1 Lei.1 Oi'll let yor knoo. War.2 War.3 Suf. I'll let him know, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). (10) Lei.1 ‘I'll let you know your master,’ or ‘I'll let you know who is your master.’
Comp. (1) Know-all, a person very wise in his own conceit; (2) Know-nothing, (3) Know-nought, (a) stupid, ignorant; (b) a stupid, ignorant person; (4) Know-noughtness, want of intelligence. (1) e.Suf. (F.H.) (2, a) Nhp.1 A poor know-nothing thing. War.2 War.3 e.An.1 A poor know-nothing creature! e.Suf. (F.H.), I.W.1 w.Som.1 There idn no ignoranter gurt knaw-nothiner battle-head athin twenty mild o' the place. Gurt knaw-nothin', holler-mouth, he's so hignorant's a hoss. Dev. Thaize nawnothin chaps, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 28, ed. 1865. Cor. A g'eat lazy knaw-nothing pattick, Forfar Cousin Jan (1859) st. 3. (b) War.2 He's a know-nothing. w.Som.1 (3, a) w.Som.1 I calls-n the hignoran's knaw-nort's gurt slatterpooch in all the parish. Dev. Be nawnort voks et hath bin told, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 64, ed. 1865; 'E's a knaw-nort gert vüle, 'e is. I'm cussed ef 'e idden! Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892). (b) n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1 MS. add. (T.H.) n.Lin. I niver seed such'n a knaw-nowt, Peacock Tales and Rhymes (1886) 77. w.Som.1 'Tidn no good to harky to a gurt knaw-nort like he. Dev. Dick's a lazy gert knaw-nort of a boy, Phillpotts Dartmoor (1896) 165. (4) n.Yks.2
sb. Knowledge, intelligence, sense, ‘head.’ n.Yks.1 He's quiet aff's know, an' talks quiet raffly; n.Yks.2 It's a lang way past his knaw. It put me off my knaw. m.Yks.1 w.Yks. Thav'e been drillin ta my naw for menny a week, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1861) 48; Off yan's knaw, Leeds Merc. Suppl. (Oct. 5, 1895); w.Yks.1 e.An.1 Poor fellow! he has but little know. My know is better than yow thowt. Nrf. This baats all my know holler, Spilling Giles (1872) 15; The little thing seems half a innocent, it hasn't got half its know (G.E.D.). Suf. If any one dare to doubt this, he would be looked upon as having ‘no know,’ Fison Merry Suf. (1899) 34. e.Suf. That's quite beyond my know (F.H.). Sus.1 Poor fellow, he has got no know whatsumdever. Dev. Tam's naw et wadd'n quite za zmal, Ez nat ta tul a bite vrim scal, Nathan Hogg Poet. Lett. (1847) 2nd S. 43, ed. 1866.
Phr. (1) to know a know, a strong asseveration: to know certainly, gen. used neg.; (2) know one's own know, to have one's own knowledge about anything, to know one's own business; (3) to lose one's know, (a) to lose one's way; (b) to lose one's senses or memory. (1) Ir. (A.S.-P.) s.Ir. ‘Sorrow a know I know,’ said the boy, Trollope Land-Leaguers (1885) 6. [Aus. ‘Do you know what that is?’... ‘Not a know do I know,’ Boldrewood Colon. Reformer (1890) II. xv.] (2) m.Yks.1 I know my own know about it, and that's enough. w.Yks. Still, she knew her own know, being crafty and secret, Snowden Web of Weave (1896) x; w.Yks.1 Ivry yan knaws his awn knaw best. (3, a) Nrf. He has lost his know (W.W.S.); Cozens-Hardy Broad Nrf. (1893) 66. Suf. I quite lost my know after that walk (M.E.R.). (b) n.Yks.2 She's almost lost her knaw. e.Suf. He has lost his know (F.H.).
An apparition, phantom, shape. Shr. The know of a dog, ma'am, [is] the shape of a dog when the dog isn't there, Burne Flk-Lore (1883) 104; Shr.1 O Miss Ann, theer's the know of a dog, Oh! oh!

KNOW, KNOWE, sb. Sc. Irel. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. Der. Also written nowe Lnk. 1. A small hill, a mound, hillock. Cf. knoll, sb.1 Sc. The path rose and came at last to the head of a knowe, Stevenson Catriona (1893) xxx. Sh.I. The night-mist shrouds the very knowe where she and I last met and parted, Junda Klingrahool (1898) 36. Cai.1 Mry. Her sunny knowes, her wimplin' burns, her streams o' crystal clear, Hay Lintie (1851) 45. Elg. The lammies, on the bonnie knowe, Couper Poetry (1804) I. 86. Bnff. Wi' glee ilk mornin' did I see My Bell come o'er the know, Taylor Poems (1787) 48. Abd. It's a lang hour since he gaed o'er the know, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 92. Kcd. The maids they were milking and bughting the ewes, And some wi' their lads on the gay, broomy knowes, Jamie Muse (1844) 68. Frf. Now springs the docken by the dyke, The nettle on the know, Smart Rhymes (1834) 110. Per. Mary went to a knowe that commanded the road, Ian Maclaren Auld Lang Syne (1895) 280. Fif. Hallo! they three times loudly cry: Now a' the knowes are quakin, Douglas Poems (1806) 143. Dmb. Round the jutting knowe The birling shows her broad and homely prow, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 17. Rnf. December sheets wi' ice the knowes, An' staps the burnie as it rows, Picken Poems (1813) I. 77. Ayr. Upon a knowe they sat them down, Burns Twa Dogs (1786) l. 44. Lnk. To vent his waes aside the lanely nowe, Muir Minstrelsy (1816) 76. Lth. We'll aff to fair Roslin an' sweet Habbie's Howe, By fairy-led streamlet and castle-crowned knowe, Ballantine Poems (1856) 149. Edb. Hills are variously named, according to their magnitude; as... Rig, Edge, Know, Pennecuik Wks. (1715) 50, ed. 1815. Bwk. On the knowe a' girnin' sat the witches o' Edencraw, Henderson Pop. Rhymes (1856) 57. Slk. They lay slain on every knowe, Hogg Tales (1838) 16, ed. 1866. Rxb. Grassy howes, and fairy knowes, Murray Hawick Sngs. (1892) 28. Dmf. Whan 'gainst a knowe my tae comes fair, And doon I fa's, Quinn Heather (1863) 41. Gall. The burning of the whinny knowes, Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) 6. N.I.1 Uls. Uls. Jrn. Arch. (1853-1862). N.Cy.1 Nhb. The plover's wae cry 'Mang the benty knowes high, Proudlock Borderland Muse (1896) 2; Nhb.1, Lakel.2 Cum.4 If't cums on rain when t'teyde's at flowe You may yoke t'plew on any knowe; Bit if it cums when t'teyde's at ebb Then lowse yer plew an' gang to bed, Old Saying. Wm. Gained the knowe at Cassel-how, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 38; (C.W.D.) w.Yks. The sharp rise of an hill, Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.2 Lan. Hoo lies i' th' owd churchyart upo' th' knowe yonder, Brierley Waverlow (1863) 193, ed. 1884; Lan.1, e.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, Der.1 Der.2 Hence Knowie, adj. full of knolls. Cld. (Jam.) 2. Fig. A protuberance of any sort; the head. Sc. He has need to ha'e a clean pow, That ca's his neighbour ‘nitty know,’ Ramsay Prov. (1737). Gall. E'en Nature's knowes that now are fled,.. She'll them supply wi' teats o' woo, Nicholson Poet. Wks. (1814) 85, ed. 1897. 3. A parting in the coal which sets the coal down with little trouble. Nhb. A ‘back’ or ‘knowe,’ sometimes, 'tis true, Set doon maw top wi' ease eneugh, Wilson Pitman's Pay (1843) 33; Nhb.1 A back or knowe, which sets the coal down with little trouble after the kirving and nicking of the jud have been completed by the hewer.

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