knawed

English

Verb

knawed

1. simple past and past participle of knaw (“to gnaw”)
2. simple past of knaw (“to know”)
   • 1871, William Bentinck Forfar, The Wizard of West Penwith, A Tale of the Land's-End, Penzance: W. Cornish, The Library, page 63:

     "Zackly like that," returned Josiah; "an' ef I wor you I wud ax Maister Freeman. Whether et wor his conjuring knawledge, or what, I caen't tell; but semmen' to me I thoft he knawed somethen'."

Anagrams

• wanked