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knosped

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English

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Etymology

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From knosp +‎ -ed.

Adjective

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knosped (not comparable)

  1. Having a knosp.
    • 1818, Henry Hart Milman, Samor, Lord of the Bright City: An Heroic Poem, page 223:
      The armour of a holy cause outshines / The iron or the knosped brass, []
    • 1864, Anna Jane Douglas Maclean Clephane, Plays and Poems, page 300:
      The knospèd rose in the green bud lies / Waiting the sun's warm ray: / But frowned upon by the cold grey skies / Alack and a-well-a-day!