Word Meanings - BEKNAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To call knave. Pope.

Related words: (words related to BEKNAVE)

• KNAVESS
  A knavish woman. Carlyle.
• KNAVERY
  Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak. (more info) 1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action. This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man's name. Shak. 2. pl.
• KNAVE
  AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. kna, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. 1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. Wyclif. Chaucer. O murderous slumber, Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music Gentle knave, good night. Shak. 2. Any
• KNAVESHIP
  A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller.
• BEKNAVE
  To call knave. Pope.
• OUTKNAVE
  To surpass in knavery.