noyle

Updated: May 7, 2025

So they apprehended him and carried him before the justice: I remember it was Justice Willoughby, of Noyle, a very worthy good gentleman; and he committed him to prison, and bound Frank in a recognisance, I think they call it a hard word compounded of re and cognosco; but it differs in its meaning from the use of the simple, as many other compounds do.

Henry Fielding - History of Tom Jones, a Foundling