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Definition of Knowes
1. knowe [n] - See also: knowe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knowes
Literary usage of Knowes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland by Scotland Privy Council (1905)
"... but knowes not how. knowes nothing of the markes, bot heares the report that
Ardwell used thame as his awne sheepe. ..."
2. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"Ca' the yowes to the knowes, Ca' them where the heather grows, Ca' them where
the burnie rowes, My bonie Dearie. HARK the mavis' e'ening sang, ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"CA' THE YOWES TO THE knowes "Tli is beautiful song is in the true old Scotch
taste, yet I do not know that either t In- air ur words were in print before. ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"... CA' the yowes' to the knowes,* Ca' them where the heather grows, Ca' them
where the ... knowes."
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