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KNAB, _s._

1. One who possesses a small independence; _a little laird_, S.

_Forbes._

2. A leader or general.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

Germ. _knab_, puer n.o.bilis; Isl. _knap-ar_. vulgus n.o.bilium.

~Knabby~, ~Knabbish~, _adj._ Possessing independence in a middling line, S.

_To_ KNACK, KNAK, _v. a._ To taunt.

_Wyntown._

Su. G. _knack-a_, to tap, to pat, q. to strike smartly; or Isl.

_nagg-a_, litigare.

~Knack~, ~Knak~, _s._ p.r.o.n. _nack_.

1. A gibe, a sharp repartee, S.

_Douglas._

2. A trick, S.

_Ramsay._

~Knacky~, _adj._

1. Quick at repartee, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Acute, but at the same time facetious, S.

_Ruddiman._

3. Applied to what is entertaining; as, _a nacky story_, S.

_Ramsay._

~Knackety~, _adj._ Self-conceited, S.