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nott en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /nɒt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Bald.
  2. (Newfoundland, UK, dialectal) Of an animal: having no horns; polled.
    • Do ye know that riddle about the nott cows, Jonathan? Why do nott cows give less milk in a year than horned? 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles:
    • For these and other reasons farmers who occupy good land in the vale with their hill farms are getting tired of the horned sheep, and use their hill farms only as summering-ground for nott sheep and bullocks. 1850, “On the Farming of Somerset”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, volume XI, page 679:

Forms

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more nott Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most nott Degree=Sup lexicographic

nott en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /nɒt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To shear.
    • he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven. 1575, John Stow, Summarie of Englyshe Chronicles:

Forms

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notts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
notting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
notted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
notted Tense=Past lexicographic
not alternative lexicographic