knab

verb, noun — 4 senses

knab

verb

/næb/

Etymology See nab, and compare knap.

1

Colloquial To nab or steal.

2

Obsolete To seize with the teeth; to gnaw or bite.

a Mouthful of Fresh Grass to Knab upon1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:

knab

noun

Etymology See nab, knob (in the sense of a rounded hill).

1

Northumbria, Archaic A hill.

2

Orkney, Scotland, Shetland a promontory or headland

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