adj. (old).—Ingenious; full of KNACKS (q.v.) or dexterity. Also NACKIE.—GROSE (1785); JAMIESON (1808); MATSELL (1859).
1714. RAMSAY, Elegy on John Cowper, in Works (1848), i. 292. He was right NACKY in his way.
adj. (old).—Ingenious; full of KNACKS (q.v.) or dexterity. Also NACKIE.—GROSE (1785); JAMIESON (1808); MATSELL (1859).
1714. RAMSAY, Elegy on John Cowper, in Works (1848), i. 292. He was right NACKY in his way.
