Webster's Dictionary 1913

784

Knotwort

Knot″wort′ (–wûrt′), n.(Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).

785

Knout

Knout (nout or no͞ot), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. knūtr knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.] A kind of whip for flogging criminals, forme...

786

Knout (2)

Knout, v. t. To punish with the knout. Brougham.

787

Know

Know (nō), n. Knee. Chaucer.

788

Know (2)

Know (nō), v. t. [imp.Knew (nū); p. p.Known (nōn); p. pr. & vb. n.Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel. knä to be able, Russ. znate to...

789

Know (3)

Know, v. i. 1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; — often with of.Israel doth not know, my people doth no...

790

Know-all

Know″–all′ (?), n. One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; — usually ironical.

791

Know-nothing

Know″–noth′ing (?), n. A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the natu...

792

Know-nothingism

Know″–noth′ing‐ism (?), n. The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

793

Knowa bleness

Know″a‐ ble‐ness, n. The state or quality of being knowable. Locke.

794

Knowable

Know″a‐ble (?), a. That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are only two different series of phenom...

795

Knower

Know″er (?), n. One who knows. Shak.

796

Knowing

Know″ing, a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.

797

Knowing (2)

Know″ing, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. “ In my knowing.” Shak.This sore nightHath trifled former knowings. Shak.

798

Knowingly

Know″ing‐ly, adv. 1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype.2. By experience. Shak.

799

Knowingness

Know″ing‐ness, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

800

Knowleche

Knowl″eche (?), n. & v. See Knowledge.We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer.

801

Knowleching

Knowl″ech‐ing (?), n. Knowledge. Chaucer.

802

Knowledge

Knowl″edge (?), n. [OE. knowlage, knowlege, knowleche, knawleche. The last part is the Icel. suffix -leikr, forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icel. leikr game, play, spo...

803

Knowledge (2)

Knowl″edge, v. t. To acknowledge. “Sinners which knowledge their sins.” Tyndale.

804

Known

Known (?), p. p. of Know.

805

Knubs

Knubs (?), n. pl. Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.

806

Knuckle

Knuc″kle (?), n. [OE. knokel, knokil, AS. cuncel; akin to D. knokkel, OFries. knokele, knokle, G. knöchel, Sw. knoge, Dan. knokkel, G. knochen bone, and perh. to E. knock.] 1. T...

807

Knuckle (2)

Knuc″kle, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Knuckled (?);; p. pr. & vb. n.Knuckling (?).] To yield; to submit; — used with down, to, or under.To knuckle to. (a) To submit to in a contest; to y...

808

Knuckle (3)

Knuc″kle, v. t. To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. Horace Smith.

809

Knuckled

Knuc″kled (?), a. Jointed. Bacon.

810

Knuff

Knuff (nŭf), n. [Cf. Gnof a churl.] A lout; a clown.The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick,With clubs and clouted shoon. Hayward.