Knack (nak), v. i. [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. knacken to break, Dan. knage to crack, and E. knock.]
1. To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.
2. To speak affectedly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Knack, n.
1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
"A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby’s cap." Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
"The fellow … has not the knack with his shears." B. Jonson.
"The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme." Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device. "The knacks of japers." Chaucer.
"For how should equal colors do the knack !" Pope.

Knacker
Knack´er, n.
1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; — called also clapper. Halliwell.

Knacker
Knack´er, n. [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle.]
1. a harness maker. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog’s meat. [Eng.]

Knackish
Knack´ish, a. Trickish; artful. [Obs.] — Knack´ish•ness, n. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Knack-kneed
Knack´-kneed, a. See Knock-kneed.

Knag, n. [Cf. Prov. G. knagge a knot in wood, Sw. knagg, Dan. knag a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. cnag peg, knob.]
1. A knot in wood; a protuberance. Wright.
2. A wooden peg for hanging things on. Wright.
3. The prong of an antler. Holland.
4. The rugged top of a hill. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Knagged
Knag´ged, a. Full of knots; knaggy.

Knaggy
Knag´gy, a. Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. Fuller. — Knag´gi•ness (#), n.

Knap, n. [AS. cnaep, cnaepp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir. cnap knob, button, and E. knop.] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
"The highest part and knap of the same island." Holland.

Knap, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Knapped p. pr. & vb. n. Knapping.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
"He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth." Dr. H. More.
"He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder." Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. Bacon.

Knap, v. i. To make a sound of snapping. Wiseman.

Knap, n. A sharp blow or slap. Halliwell.

Knapbottle
Knap´bot•tle, n. (Bot.) The bladder campion ( Silene inflata).

Knappish
Knap´pish, a. [See Knap to strike.] Snappish; peevish. [Obs.] Grafton.

Knappy
Knap´py, a. Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby. [Obs.] Huloet.

Knapsack
Knap´sack, n. [D. knapzak; knappen to eat + zak a bag. See Knap, v. t., and Sack.] A case of canvas or leather, for carrying on the back a soldier’s necessaries, or the clothing, etc., of a traveler.
"And each one fills his knapsack or his scrip With some rare thing that on the field is found." Drayton.

Knar (när), n. See Gnar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Knarry
Knar´ry (när"ry), a. Knotty; gnarled. Chaucer.

Knave (nav), n. [OE., boy, servant, knave, AS. cnafa boy, youth; cf. AS. cnapa boy, youth, D. knaap, G. knabe boy, knappe esquire, Icel. knapi, Sw. knape esquire, knäfvel knave.]
1. A boy; especially, a boy servant. [Obs.] Wyclif. Chaucer.
"O murderous slumber, Lay’st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy That plays thee music ? Gentle knave, good night." Shak.
2. Any male servant; a menial. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"He’s but Fortune’s knave, A minister of her will." Shak.
3. A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person; a rogue; a villain. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak.
"In defiance of demonstration, knaves will continue to proselyte fools." Ames. "How many serving lads must have been unfaithful and dishonest before knave -which meant at first no more than boy — acquired the meaning which it has now !" Trench.
4. A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack. Knave child, a male child. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn. — Villain; cheat; rascal; rogue; scoundrel; miscreant.

Knavery
Knav´er•y, n. ; pl. Knaveries .
1. The practices of a knave; petty villainy; fraud; trickery; a knavish action.
"This is flat knavery, to take upon you another man’s name." Shak.
2. pl. Roguish or mischievous tricks. Shak.

Knaveship
Knave´ship, n. A small due, in meal, established by usage, which is paid to the under miller. [Scot.]

Knavess
Knav´ess, n. A knavish woman. Carlyle.

Knavish
Knav´ish, a.
1. Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick. "Knavish politicians." Macaulay.
2. Mischievous; roguish; waggish.
"Cupid is knavish lad, Thus to make poor females mad." Shak.

Knavishly
Knav´ish•ly, adv.
1. In a knavish manner; dishonestly; fraudulently. Holland.
2. Mischievously; waggishly; roguishly. "Knavishly witty." Gayton.

Knavishness
Knav´ish•ness, n. The quality or state of being knavish; knavery; dishonesty.

Knaw (na), v. t. See Gnaw. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Kneader
Knead´er, n. One who kneads.

Kneadingly
Knead´ing•ly, adv. In the manner of one kneading.

Knebelite
Kne´bel•ite, n. [From Major von Knebel.] (Min.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese.

Kneck, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Naut.) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out. [Eng.]

Knee (ne), n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cneó, cneów; akin to OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kni, G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu, chneo, Icel. kne, Sw. knä, Dan. knae, Goth. kniu, L. genu, Gr. go•ny, Skr. janu, rad.231. Cf. Genuflection.]
1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
2. (Anat.) (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh and leg. (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent.
4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
"Give them title, knee, and approbation." Shak. Knee breeches. See under Breeches. — Knee holly, Knee holm (Bot.), butcher’s broom. — Knee jerk (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one of the so-called tendon reflexes. — Knee joint. See in the Vocabulary. — Knee timber, timber with knees or angles in it. — Knee tribute, or Knee worship, tribute paid by kneeling; worship by genuflection. [Obs.] "Knee tribute yet unpaid." Milton.

Knee (ne), v. t. To supplicate by kneeling. [Obs.]
"Fall down, and knee The way into his mercy." Shak

Knee jerk. (Physiol.) A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle.

Kneebrush
Knee´brush (ne"brush•), n.
1. (Zoöl.) A tuft or brush of hair on the knees of some species of antelopes and other animals; — chiefly used in the plural.
2. (Zoöl.) A thick mass or collection of hairs on the legs of bees, by aid of which they carry the collected pollen to the hive or nest; — usually in the plural.

Kneecap
Knee´cap, n.
1. (Anat.) The kneepan.
2. A cap or protection for the knee.

Knee-crooking
Knee´-crook•ing, a. Obsequious; fawning; cringing. "Knee-crooking knave." Shak.

Kneed, a.
1. Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as in- kneed; out- kneed; weak- kneed.
2. (Bot.) Geniculated; forming an obtuse angle at the joints, like the knee when a little bent; as kneed grass.

Knee-deep
Knee´-deep, a.
1. Rising to the knees; knee-high; as water or snow knee- deep.
"Grass knee-deep within a month." Milton.
2. Sunk to the knees; as men knee- deep in water.
"Where knee-deep the trees were standing." Longfellow.

Knee-high
Knee´-high, a. Rising or reaching upward to the knees; as the water is knee- high.

Kneejoint
Knee´joint, n.
1. The joint of the knee.
2. (Mach.) A toggle joint; — so called because consisting of two pieces jointed to each other end to end, making an angle like the knee when bent.

Kneejointed
Knee´joint•ed, a. (Bot.) Geniculate; kneed. See Kneed, a. , 2.

Kneelingly
Kneel´ing•ly, adv. In a kneeling position.

Kneepan
Knee´pan, n. (Anat.) A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.

Kneepiece
Knee´piece, n. A piece shaped like a knee; as the kneepieces or ears of a boat.

Kneippism
Kneipp´ism, n. Also Kneipp’s or Kneipp Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.; — so called from its originator Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97) a German priest.

Knell, n. [OE. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, fr. cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. D. & G. knallen to clap, crack, G. & Sw. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Cf. Knoll, n. & v.] The stroke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything.
"The dead man’s knell Is there scarce asked for who." Shak.
"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day." Gray.

Knell, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Knelled p. pr. & vb. n. Knelling.] [OE. knellen, knillen, As. cnyllan. See Knell, n. ] To sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen.
"Not worth a blessing nor a bell to knell for thee." Beau. & Fl.
"Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath known, Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word, "alone"." Ld. Lytton.

Knell, v. t. To summon, as by a knell.
"Each matin bell, the baron saith, Knells us back to a world of death." Coleridge.

Knelt, imp. & p. p. of Kneel.

Knickerbocker
Knick´er•bock•er, n. A linsey- woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women’s dresses.

Knickerbockers
Knick´er•bock•ers, n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

Knickknack
Knick´knack, n. [See Knack.] A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.

Knickknackery
Knick´knack•er•y, n. Knickknacks.

Knife, n. ; pl. Knives (#). [OE. knif, AS. cnif; akin to D. knijf, Icel. knifr, Sw. knif, Dan. kniv.]
1. An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocket knife, pen knife, chopping knife, etc..
2. A sword or dagger.
"The coward conquest of a wretch’s knife." Shak. Knife grass (Bot.) a tropical American sedge ( Scleria latifolia), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife. — War to the knife, mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.

Knife, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Knifed p. pr. & vb. n. Knifing ]
1. (Hort.) To prune with the knife.
2. To cut or stab with a knife. [Low]

Knife, v. t. Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one’s own party). [Slang, U. S.]

Knife switch. (Elec.) A switch consisting of one or more knifelike pieces hinged at one end and making contact near the other with flat gripping springs.

Knifeboard
Knife´board, n. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

Knife-edge
Knife´-edge, n. (Mech.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction. Knife-edge file. See Illust. of File.

Knight baronet
Knight" bar"o•net See Baronet.

Knight service
Knight" serv"ice (Eng. Feud. Law) A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n. , 4.

Knight service Also Knight’s service .
1. (Feud. Law) The military service by rendering which a knight held his lands also the tenure of lands held on condition of performing military service.
"By far the greater part of England [in the 13th century] is held of the king by knight’s service… . In order to understand this tenure we must form the conception of a unit of military service. That unit seems to be the service of one knight or fully armed horseman ( servitium unius militis) to be done to the king in his army for forty days in the year if it be called for… . The limit of forty days seems to have existed rather in theory than practice." Pollock & Mait.
2. Service such as a knight can or should render; hence, good or valuable service.

Knight Templar
Knight" Tem"plar pl. Knights Templars . See Commandery, n. , 3, and also Templar, n. , 1 and 3.

Knightage
Knight´age, n. The body of knights, taken collectively.

Knight-errant
Knight´-er•rant, n. ; pl. Knight-errants, or Knights- errant. A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

Knight-errantry
Knight´-er•rant•ry, n. ; pl. Knight-errantries . The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme.
"The rigid guardian [ i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o’errun." Young.

Knight-er-ratic
Knight´-er-rat´ic, a. Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev.

Knighthead
Knight´head, n. (Naut.) A bollard timber. See under Bollard.

Knightless
Knight´less, a. Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] "Knightless guile." Spenser.

Knightliness
Knight´li•ness, n. The character or bearing suitable for a knight; chivalry. Spenser.

Knightly
Knight•ly, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.] Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
"For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit." Spenser.
"[Excuses] full knightly without scorn." Tennyson.

Knightly
Knight´ly, adv. In a manner becoming a knight.
"And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms." Shak.

Knit, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Knit or Knitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knitting.] [OE. knitten, knutten, As. cnyttan, fr. cnotta knot; akin to Icel. knta, Sw. knyta, Dan. knytte. See Knot.]
1. To form into a knot, or into knots; to tie together, as cord; to fasten by tying.
"A great sheet knit at the four corners." Acts x. 11.
"When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows." Shak.
2. To form, as a textile fabric, by the interlacing of yarn or thread in a series of connected loops, by means of needles, either by hand or by machinery; as to knit stockings.
3. To join; to cause to grow together.
"Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge." Wiseman.
4. To unite closely; to connect; to engage; as hearts knit together in love.
"Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit." Shak.
"Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round." Milton.
"A link among the days, to knit The generations each to each." Tennyson.
5. To draw together; to contract into wrinkles.
"He knits his brow and shows an angry eye." Shak.

Knit, v. i.
1. To form a fabric by interlacing yarn or thread; to weave by making knots or loops.
2. To be united closely; to grow together; as broken bones will in time knit and become sound. To knit up, to wind up; to conclude; to come to a close. "It remaineth to knit up briefly with the nature and compass of the seas." [Obs.] Holland.

Knit, n. Union knitting; texture. Shak.

Knitback
Knit´back, n. (Bot.) The plant comfrey; — so called from its use as a restorative. Dr. Prier. { Knitch, Knitch´et } n. [Cf. Knit.] A number of things tied or knit together; a bundle; a fagot. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
"When they [stems of asphodel] be dried, they ought to be made up into knitchets, or handfuls." Holland.

Knitster
Knit´ster, n. A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Knitter
Knit´ter, n. One who, or that which, knits, joins, or unites; a knitting machine. Shak.

Knitting
Knit´ting, n.
1. The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.
2. Union formed by knitting, as of bones. Knitting machine, one of a number of contrivances for mechanically knitting stockings, jerseys, and the like. — Knitting eedle, a stiff rod, as of steel wire, with rounded ends for knitting yarn or threads into a fabric, as in stockings. — Knitting sheath, a sheath to receive the end of a needle in knitting.

Knittle
Knit´tle, n. [From Knit.]
1. A string that draws together a purse or bag. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
2. pl. (Naut.) See Nettles.

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 the bottom." Grew.

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.

Knobbling fire
Knob"bling fire A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.

Knobstick
Knob´stick, n. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union. [Cant, Eng.]

Knobstick
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.

Knock (nok), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Knocked (nokt); p. pr. & vb. n. Knocking.] [OE. knoken, AS. cnocian, cnucian; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. knacka. Cf. Knack.]
1. To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as one heavy body knocks against another. Bacon.
2. To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
"For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked." Dryden.
"Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." Matt. vii. 7.To knock about, to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. [Colloq.] "Knocking about town." W. Irving. — To knock up, to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. "The horses were beginning to knock up under the fatigue of such severe service." De Quincey. — To knock off, to cease, as from work; to desist. — To knock under, to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one’s self conquered; — an expression probably borrowed from the practice of knocking under the table with the knuckles, when conquered. "Colonel Esmond knocked under to his fate." Thackeray.

Knock (nok), 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 against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
"When heroes knock their knotty heads together." Rowe.
2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
"Master, knock the door hard." Shak. To knock down. (a) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as to knock down an assailant. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off. — To knock in the head, or on the head, to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.] — To knock off. (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] — To knock out, to force out by a blow or by blows; as to knock out the brains. - - To knock up. (a) To arouse by knocking. (b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do more; as the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.] "The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers." Petherick. (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets.

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 knock." Holland. Knock off, a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.

Knock, v. i. To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [Vulgar Slang, U. S.]

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

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 or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.
2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]

Knockabout
Knock´a•bout, a.
1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
2. Of noisy and violent character. [Theat. Slang]
3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.
4. That does odd jobs; — said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]

Knockdown
Knock´down, n. A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

Knockdown
Knock´down, a. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument. [Colloq.]

Knockdown
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. Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.
4. Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.

Knockdown
Knock´down, n.
1. That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong. [Slang.]
2. A knocking down; a felling by a knock; a blow that overwhelms; also a fist fight.
3. Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also state of being knocked down, or taken apart.

Knocker
Knock´er, n. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
"Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker; say I’m sick, I’m dead." Pope.

Knocker
Knock´er, n.
1. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a "stunner." [Slang.]
2. A species of large cockroach, esp. Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.

Knocking
Knock´ing, n. A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
"The … repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper." H. Spencer.

Knockings
Knock´ings, n. pl. (Mining) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

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

Knock-kneed
Knock´-kneed, a. Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

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 loops from the needles.

Knock-off
Knock´-off, a. That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

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.

Knock-out
Knock´-out, n. Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out.

Knock-out drops. Drops of some drug put in one’s drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

Knockstone
Knock´stone, n. (Mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.

Knoll, n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
"On knoll or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak." Sir W. Scott.

Knoll, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Knolled p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See Knell.] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. "Knolled to church." Shak.
"Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours." Tennyson.

Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak.
"For a departed being’s soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll." Byron.

Knoll, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron.

Knoller
Knoll´er, n. One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Knop, n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
"Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers." Ex. xxv. 21.
2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; — called also knob, and knosp. Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed ( Sparganium); — so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior.

Knoppern
Knop´pern, n. [Cf. G. knopper. See Knop.] (Zoöl.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, — used in tanning and dyeing.

Knotberry
Knot´ber•ry, n. (Bot.) The cloudberry ( Rudus Chamaemorus); — so called from its knotted stems.

Knotgrass
Knot´grass, n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under Dog. An infusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, "hindering knotgrass."
"We want a boy extremely for this function, Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass." Beau. & Fl.

Knotted
Knot´ted, a.
1. Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as a knotted cord; the knotted oak. Dryden.
2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
"Make … thy knotted and combined locks to part." Shak.
3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
"The west corner of thy curious knotted garden." Shak.
4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as knotted rocks. Percival.
5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
"They’re catched in knotted lawlike nets." Hudibras.

Knottiness
Knot´ti•ness, n. [From Knotty.]
1. The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. " Knottiness of his style." Hare.

Knout (nout or noot), n. [Russ. knut’; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. knutr knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.] A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

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

Know (no), n. Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Know (no), v. t. [ imp. Knew (nu); p. p. Known (non); p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel. knä to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighw•skein, Skr. jna; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. rad.45. See Ken, Can to be able, and cf. Acquaint, Cognition, Gnome, Ignore, Noble, Note.]
1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as to know one’s duty.
"O, that a man might know The end of this day’s business ere it come!" Shak.
"There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it." Dryden.
"Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong." Longfellow.
2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as to know things from information.
3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
"He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin." 2 Cor. v. 21.
"Not to know me argues yourselves unknown." Milton.
4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as to know a person’s face or figure.
"Ye shall know them by their fruits." Matt. vil. 16.
"And their eyes were opened, and they knew him." Luke xxiv. 31.
"To know Faithful friend from flattering foe." Shak.
"At nearer view he thought he knew the dead." Flatman.
5. To have sexual commerce with.
"And Adam knew Eve his wife." Gen. iv. 1. Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
"And I knew that thou hearest me always." John xi. 42.
"The monk he instantly knew to be the prior." Sir W. Scott.
"In other hands I have known money do good." Dickens. To know how, to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. " If we fear to die, or know not to be patient." Jer. Taylor.

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 not consider." Is. i. 3.
"If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." John vii. 17.
"The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn." Tylor.
2. To be assured; to feel confident. To know of, to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] " Know of your youth, examine well your blood." Shak.

Knowa bleness
Know"a• ble•ness, n. The state or quality of being knowable. Locke.

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 phenomena or qualities." Sir W. Hamilton.

Know-all
Know´-all, n. One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; — usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]

Knower
Know´er, n. One who knows. Shak.

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. [Colloq.]

Knowing
Know´ing, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing." Shak.
"This sore night Hath trifled former knowings." Shak.

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. [Obs.] Shak.

Knowingness
Know´ing•ness, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

Knowleche
Knowl´eche, n. & v. [Obs.] See Knowledge.
"We consider and knowleche that we have offended." Chaucer.

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, sport, akin to AS. lac, Goth. laiks dance. See Know, and cf. Lake, v. i., Lark a frolic.]
1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition.
"Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions." Locke.
2. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; — chiefly used in the plural.
"There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges." Bacon.
"Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import." Sir W. Hamilton.
"To use a word of Bacon’s, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges." H. Spencer.
3. That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition.
"Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth." 1 Cor. viii. 1.
"Ignorance is the curse of God; Knowledge, the wing wherewith we fly to heaven." Shak.
4. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as a knowledge of life.
"Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea." 1 Kings ix. 27.
5. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as it has not come to my knowledge.
"Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me?" Ruth ii. 10.
6. Sexual intercourse; — usually preceded by carnal; as carnal knowledge.
Syn. — See Wisdom.

Knowledge
Knowl´edge, v. t. To acknowledge. [Obs.] "Sinners which knowledge their sins." Tyndale.

Known, p. p. of Know.

Know-nothingism
Know´-noth•ing•ism, n. The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings.

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

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. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. Davenant.
2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; — formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
"With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down." Golding.
3. The joint of a plant. [Obs.] Bacon.
4. (Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint.
5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel’s figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as brass knuckles; — called also knuckle duster. [Slang.] Knuckle joint (Mach.), a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot. — Knuckle of veal (Cookery), the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.

Knuckle
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 yield to. [Colloq.] See To knock under, under Knock, v. i. (b) To apply one’s self vigorously or earnestly to; as to knuckle to work. [Colloq.]

Knuckle
Knuc´kle, v. t. To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [R.] Horace Smith.

Knuckled
Knuc´kled, a. Jointed. [Obs.] Bacon.

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

Knurled (nûrld), a.
1. Full of knots; gnarled.
2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.

Knurly
Knurl´y (nûrl"y), [ Compar. Knurlier (-i•er); superl. Knurliest.] [See Knur, and cf. Gnarly.] Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.