Webster's Dictionary 1913

730

Knob (2)

Knob, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. Drant.

731

Knobbed

Knobbed (?), a. Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, and knobbed or tuberous at t...

732

Knobber

Knob″ber (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Knobbler.

733

Knobbing

Knob″bing (?), n.(Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

734

Knobbler

Knob″bler, n.(Zoöl.) The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also knobber.] Halliwell.He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W. Scott.

735

Knobbling fire

Knob″bling fire (?). A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

736

Knobby

Knob″by, a. [From Knob.] 1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. Dr. H. More.2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars.The informers continued in a knobby kind of ...

737

Knobkerrie

Knob″ker′rie (?), n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot kïrri club.] A short club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other nati...

738

Knobstick

Knob″stick′ (?), n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.

739

Knobstick (2)

Knob″stick′ (?), n. A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.

740

Knock

Knock (nŏk), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Knocked (nŏkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. Knack.] 1. To drive o...

741

Knock (2)

Knock (nŏk), v. t. 1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head agains...

742

Knock (3)

Knock, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. “ A knock at the door.” Longfellow.A loud cry or some great kn...

743

Knock (4)

Knock, v. i. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.

744

Knock (5)

Knock, v. t. To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.

745

Knock-knee

Knock″–knee′ (?), n.(Med.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

746

Knock-kneed

Knock″–kneed′ (?), a. Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

747

Knock-off

Knock″–off′, n. Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.), a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove ...

748

Knock-off (2)

Knock″–off′, a. That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

749

Knock-out

Knock″–out′, a. That knocks out; characterized by knocking out; as, a knock-out blow; a knock-out key for knocking out a drill from a collet.

750

Knock-out (2)

Knock″–out′ (?), n. Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out.

751

Knock-out drops

Knock–out drops. Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc.

752

Knockabout

Knock″a‐bout′ (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel...

753

Knockabout (2)

Knock″a‐bout′ (?), a. 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.2. Of noisy and violent character.3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering ...

754

Knockdown

Knock″down′ (?), n. A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

755

Knockdown (2)

Knock″down′, a. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.

756

Knockdown (3)

Knock″down′ (?), a. 1. Of such force as to fell or overthrow; overwhelming; as, a knockdown blow.2. Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.3....