v. Also 7 kneppe. Dial. var. KNAP v.2
1641. Best, Farm. Bks. (Surtees), 118. Horses,… are on mendinge hand when they kneppe one with another.
c. 1746. J. Collier (Tim Bobbin), View Lanc. Dial., Wks. (1862), 67. Os greadly o Lad as needs t’ knep oth ’Hem of a keke.
1828. Craven Dial., Knep, knipe, to crop with the teeth, to bite easily.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., s.v., ‘They [sick cattle] are nobbut just yabble to knep a bit,’ only able to eat a little at a time.
