Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Middle English or dialectal form of
know . - An obsolete spelling of
gnaw .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete See
gnaw .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Archaic spelling of
gnaw . - verb
Eye dialect spelling ofknow .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Dobson's dog 'ud ha' knaw'd better nor to cast her sister's misfortin inter 'er teeth arter she'd been a-readin' me the letter wi '' er voice a-shaäkin ', and the drop in' er eye.
Becket and other plays Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850
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Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 25 weeks 3 days ago listen up DON'T MAKE POOR DECISIONS WHEN HUNTING it is already hard enough to get a place and time to hunt without giving the opposition another way to knaw away at our rights. all hunters have the responsiblity to be safe and ethicial in all actions and decisions.
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Yes | No | Report from ggmack wrote 25 weeks 3 days ago listen up DON'T MAKE POOR DECISIONS WHEN HUNTING it is already hard enough to get a place and time to hunt without giving the opposition another way to knaw away at our rights. all hunters have the responsiblity to be safe and ethicial in all actions and decisions.
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Moreover, the dialect that snags the reader in print "Whoy, dudn't ee knaw . . . as Jan Vry wur gane avore braxvass" emerges here as fluid speech, its cadence a joy to hear.
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Yew knaw teh onli ting dat kitteh is tinkin is “OM NOM NOM NOM.”
Kitteh Loves Puppy - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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I kind of didn't really like cats much previously, someone wrote on a blog post somewhere that cats will knaw on your hardening cadaver, no matter how much love and tuna you have provided them, while a dog would sooner starve himself.
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Their teeth really do grow through their upper lip so they can knaw things underground without getting a mouthful of dirt.
Creepy Crawly Cakes 2009
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I would knaw off my left arm to get issued with that type of uniform.
Some Velvet Machine « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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I kind of didn't really like cats much previously, someone wrote on a blog post somewhere that cats will knaw on your hardening cadaver, no matter how much love and tuna you have provided them, while a dog would sooner starve himself.
blog: November 2009 2009
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Maybe will shock them into a bit of independent thinking …. knaw …
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