Sc. Also mod.Sc. knool, knule. [Cf. LG. knull, knulle knot, hump, swelling, etc.] A knob, knot, swelling, excrescence. attrib. in knowl taes, toes with swollen joints.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, xxviii. 19. That hes vpoun his feit a wyrok, Knowll tais, nor mowlis in no degrie.
