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noun
The condition of being a knave (used mockingly)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A quantity of corn or flour due to a miller's servant from each batch in a thirlage mill
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, obsolete
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History
Etymology tree English knave Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English knaveship From knave + -ship.
