knaggy

(nag’i), a. [ of corn at the end of the harvest, and carried full of knots; rough with knots; having promiin the harvest-home proce ion. Hall i well. nent joints. [Prov. Eng.]=syn. Facility, Expertne , etc. See readine , Tho’ thou’s howe-back it, now, and knaggie, T’ve seen the day knack away, knock away (nak’-, nok’a-wa), Thou could ha’e gaen like ony staggie. n. [An accom. form, simulating an E. anaqua: Burns, Auld Farmer’s Salutation to his Auld Mare, see anagua.| A Texan tree of the borage fam- But now upstart the Cavalier, ily, Ehretia elliptic a, which has a hard (but not He could no longer speach forbear; strong), close-grained, unwedgeable wood. The Their knaggie talking did up bar me him, Their sharp reflections did much warm him. native name is anagua or anaqua. Cleland’s Poems, p. 96. (Jamie son.) knacker! (nak’ér), ». [« knack, v., + -erl.] 1. Hence—2. Rough in temper; cro ; waspish. That which knacks or knocks; in the plural, knake},. An obsolete spelling of knack. Chautwo pieces of wood or bone used as a plaything cer. by boys, who strike them together by moving knap! (nap), v. [Also gnap;