a. Now dial. [f. KNAP sb. and v. + -Y.] (See quots.)
1552. Huloet, Knappye, or full of knappes, verrucosus.
1855. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Nappy, ill-natured, testy. ‘As nappy and as nasty as you please.’ [E. D. D. Knappy, snappish.]
1887. Jamieson, Suppl., Knappy, in small roundish lumps, abounding in small lumps; Orkn.
Knappy, obs. form of NAPPY.
