KNOTTINESS
KNOT'TINESS, noun not'tiness. [from knotty.]1. Fullness of knots; the quality of having many knots or swellings.2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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KNOTTY
KNOT'TY, adjective not'ty. Full of knots; having many knots; as knotty timber.1. Hard; rugged; as a knotty head.2. Difficult; intricate; perplexed; as a knotty question or point.
KNOUT
KNOUT, noun nout. A punishment in Russia, inflicted with a whip.
KNOW
KNOW, verb transitive no. preterit tense knew; participle passive known. [Latin nosco, cognosco, Gr. although much varied in orthography. Nosco makes novi, which, with g or c pr...
KNOWABLE
KNOWABLE, adjective no'able. That may be known; that may be discovered, understood or ascertained.
KNOWER
KNOWER, noun no'er. One who knows.
KNOWING
KNOWING, participle present tense no'ing.1. Having clear and certain perception of.2.adjective Skillful; well informed; well instructed; as a knowing man.The knowing and intelli...
KNOWINGLY
KNOWINGLY, adverb no'ingly. With knowledge. He would not knowingly offend.
KNOWLEDGE
KNOWL'EDGE, noun nol'lej.1. A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugn...
KNUB
KNUB,KNUB'BLE, verb transitive To beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Not used.]
KNUBBLE
KNUB'BLE, v.t. To beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Not used.]
KNUCKLE
KNUCK'LE, noun nuk'l.1. The joint of a finger, particularly when protuberant by the closing of the fingers.2. The knee join of a calf; as a knuckle of veal.3. The joint of a pla...
KNUCKLED
KNUCK'LED, adjective Jointed.
KNUFF
KNUFF, noun nuff. A lout; a clown. [Not used.]
KNUR
KNUR, nur.
KNURLE
KNURLE, noun nurle. A knot; a hard substance.
KNURLED
KNURL'ED, adjective nurl'ed. Full of knots.
KNURLY
KNUR'LY, adjective nur'ly. [from knur.] Full of knots; hard. This seems to be the same as gnarly.
KNURRY
KNUR'RY, adjective nur'ry. Full of knots.
KOBA
KOBA, noun An antelope, with horns close at the base.
KOKOB
KO'KOB, noun A venomous serpent of America.
KOLLYRITE
KOL'LYRITE, noun [Gr.] A variety of clay whose color is pure white, or with a shade of gray, red or yellow.
KOMMANIC
KOM'MANIC, noun The crested lark of Germany.
KONILITE
KON'ILITE, noun [Gr. dust, and a stone.]A mineral in the form of a loose powder, consisting chiefly of silex, and remarkably fusible.
KONITE
KONITE. [See Conite.]
KOPECK
KO'PECK, noun A Russian coin, about the value of a cent.
KORAN
KO'RAN, noun Pronounced by oriental scholars korawn.The Mohammedan book of faith; the alkoran.