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A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also knobber.] Halliwell. He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W. Scott.

ion; a tie. "With nuptial knot." Shak. Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. Bp. Hall.

A public hall or room, for the use of visitors at watering places and health resorts in Germany.

now felt the razor, his back the rod; all that laconical discipline pleased him well. Bp. Hall.

A thong of leather; a whip lash. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

See Lanterloo. [Obs.] Halliwell.

The act of stoning. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A weir in a river. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Supreme; highest in degree; utmost. Contending for principles of the last importance. R. Hall .

ning to, or derived from, Latin; in the Latin style or idiom. "Latinistic words." Fitzed. Hall.

Of or pertaining to latria. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The remainder; others. [Scot.] Bp. Hall.

Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Made of lawn or fine linen. Bp. Hall.

Spenser. -- To lay for, to prepare to capture or assault; to lay wait for. [Colloq.] Bp Hall. -- To lay in for, to make overtures for; to engage or secure the possession of. [Obs.] "I have laid in for these." Dryden. -- To lay on, to strike; to beat; to attack. Shak. -- To lay out, to purpose; to plan; as, he lays…

Full of sores; leprous. Shak. Bp. Hall.

See Leer, a. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

draw one's self from; to go away from; to depart from; as, to leave the house. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24.

Tape or braid; an ornament. Halliwell. Leere side, the left side, as that on which a leere or ornament was worn. B. Jonson.