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Nott

adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Bald. obsolete
  2. 2
    Of an animal: having no horns; polled. Newfoundland, UK, dialectal

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    University of Nottingham, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate
Verb
  1. 1
    To shear. obsolete

    "he caused his owne head to bee poiled, and from thencefoorthe his bearde to bee notted, and no more shaven."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Etymology 2

From Old English hnot, of unknown origin.

Etymology 3

Shortened form of Nottingham created by taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.

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