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203 Knacked. Stopped working, said of a mine ; also to dissuade, as, "I've a knacked that out uv hes hade." Knap. The top, or summit of a hill. Knick. To cheat. "Hes stoanin wights and temberin scaales, I'm sure they air but smaal, Beware of Moases Tonkyn, Or he will hnich ee oal." J. T, Tregellas, Knot COW. A cow without horns, having a little knot or knob on the head instead of them. Knuckle down. To submit, to yield, to " give in." Ko. See Co. Koffen. See Coffins. Lace. A rood, or perch of land. M.A.C. Lace. This is a Celtic Cornish word meaning to lick or slap ; to throw about ; to cudgel ; to lash. Pro- nounced lak in the old Cornish, as, '^me atJi laJc, I will lace thee. Laggen. v. To splash in the water. Mousefiole. Lagging. Dragging in the mud, also Ligging. Q.V. Laister. The yellow water-iris. M.A.C. Lake. Used of a sea cove, as Gwavas lake. (A brook is so called at Lostwithiel. J.w.) Lambs' legs. The snivel of a child's neglected nose. Lambs' tails. The blossoms of the crack willow. Salix fmgilis.