Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter K - Page 11
Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] -- Bartlett.
Knob (n.) (Arch.) See Knop.
Knob latch, A latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
Knob (v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] -- Drant.
Compare: Knop
Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. -- Ex. xxv. 21.
Knop (n.) (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"> Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. -- Prior.
Knob (n.) A circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss].
Knob (n.) A round handle.
Knob (n.) Any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening].
Knob (n.) An ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [syn: knob, pommel].
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.
Knobbed (a.) Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed].
Compare: Knobbler
Knobbler (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Knobber (n.) (Zool.) See Knobbler.
Knobbing (n.) (Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Knobbler (n.) (Zool.) 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 () A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.
Knobby (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. -- Dr. H. More.
Knobby (a.) Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. -- Howell.
Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.] -- Bartlett. knobkerrie
Knobby (a.) Having knobs; "had knobbly knees" [syn: knobby, knobbly].
Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union. [Cant, Eng.]
Knobstick (n.) A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.
Knocked (imp. & p. p.) of Knock.
Knocking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knock.
Knock (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. -- Bacon.
Knock (v. i.) 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.
Knock (v. i.) To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously. [Slang, U. S.]
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 (v. t.) 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.
Knock (v. t.) To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
Master, knock the door hard.-- Shak.
Knock (v. t.) To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.]
Knock (v. t.) To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage. "Don't knock it if you haven't tried it."
To knock in the head, or To knock 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.
To knock off. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter.
To knock off. (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.
To knock up. (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.
To knock up. (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets.
To knock up. (d) To make pregnant. Often used in passive, "she got knocked up." [vulgar]
Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Knock (n.) 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, See knock off in the vocabulary.
Compare: Backfire
Backfire, Back fire, () A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.
Backfire, Back fire, () (a) A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a knock or ping.
Backfire, Back fire, () (b) An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine. Backfire
Knock (n.) The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock, knocking].
Knock (n.) Negative criticism [syn: knock, roast].
Knock (n.) A vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn: knock, bash, bang, smash, belt].
Knock (n.) A bad experience; "the school of hard knocks."
Knock (n.) The act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" [syn: knock, belt, rap, whack, whang].
Knock (v.) Deliver a sharp blow or push :"He knocked the glass clear across the room" [syn: knock, strike hard].
Knock (v.) Rap with the knuckles; "knock on the door."
Knock (v.) Knock against with force or violence; "My car bumped into the tree" [syn: bump, knock].
Knock (v.) Make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock, pink].
Knock (v.) Sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: pink, ping, knock].
Knock (v.) Find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" [syn: knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart] [ant: praise].
Knock, () "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to knock at your door. They give warning at the outer gate either by calling or knocking. To stand and call is a very common and respectful mode. Thus Moses commanded the holder of a pledge to stand without and call to the owner to come forth (Deut. 24:10).
This was to avoid the violent intrusion of cruel creditors. Peter stood knocking at the outer door (Acts 12:13, 16), and the three men sent to Joppa by Cornelius made inquiry and 'stood before the gate' (10:17, 18). The idea is that the guard over your privacy is to be placed at the entrance."
Knocking is used as a sign of importunity (Matt. 7:7, 8; Luke 13:25), and of the coming of Christ (Luke 12:36; Rev. 3:20).
Knockdown (a.) Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.
Knockdown (a.) Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
Knockdown (a.) 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.
Knockdown (a.) Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation. knock-down-and-drag-out.
Knockdown (n.) 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.]
Knockdown (n.) A knocking down; a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal; a blow that overwhelms; also, a fist fight.
Knockdown (n.) 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.
Knockdown (a.) (Furniture) Easily assembled and dismantled; "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store."
Knockdown (n.) A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet.
Knocker (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 (n.) A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a "stunner." [Slang.]
Knocker (n.) A species of large cockroach, especially Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
Knocker (n.) [Usually used in pl.] A woman's breast. [vulgar].
Knocker (n.) (Yiddish) A big shot who knows it and acts that way; a boastful immoderate person.
Knocker (n.) A person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance); "open the door and see who the knocker is."
Knocker (n.) One who disparages or belittles the worth of something [syn: detractor, disparager, depreciator, knocker].
Knocker (n.) Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty].
Knocker (n.) A device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door [syn: knocker, doorknocker, rapper].
Knocking (n.) A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. -- H. Spencer.
Knocking (n.) The sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing); "the knocking grew louder" [syn: knock, knocking].
Knockings (n. pl.) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.
Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Knock-kneed (a.) Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.
Knockstone (n.) A block upon which ore is broken up.
Knoll (n.) A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
Knolled (imp. & p. p.) of Knoll.
Knolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knoll.
Knoll (v. t.) To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.
Knoll (v. i.) To sound, as a bell; to knell.
Knoll (n.) The tolling of a bell; a knell.
Knoller (n.) One who tolls a bell.
Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
Knopped (a.) Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.
Knoppern (n.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.
Knopweed (n.) Same as Knapweed.
Knor (n.) See Knur.
Knosp (n.) Same as Knop, 2.
Knot (n.) A fastening together of the pars or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling.
Knot (n.) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself.
Knot (n.) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
Knot (n.) A bond of union; a connection; a tie.
Knot (n.) Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
Knot (n.) A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc.
Knot (n.) A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians.
Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
Knot (n.) The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter.
Knot (n.) See Node.
Knot (n.) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour.
Knot (n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
Knot (n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot.
Knot (n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
Knotted (imp. & p. p.) of Knot.
Knotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knot.
Knot (v. t.) To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle.
Knot (v. t.) To unite closely; to knit together.
Knot (v. t.) To entangle or perplex; to puzzle.
Knot (v. i.) To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
Knot (v. i.) To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
Knot (v. i.) To copulate; -- said of toads.
Knotberry (n.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamaemorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
Knotgrass (n.) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed.
Knotgrass (n.) The dog grass. See under Dog.
Knotless (a.) Free from knots; without knots.
Knotted (a.) Full of knots; having knots knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak.
Knotted (a.) Interwoven; matted; entangled.
Knotted (a.) Having intersecting lines or figures.
Knotted (a.) 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.
Knotted (a.) Entangled; puzzling; knotty.
Knottiness (n.) The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
Knottiness (n.) Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication.
Knotty (a.) 有結的；多節的；難解決的；複雜的 Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
Knotty (a.) Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. [R.] -- Rewe.
Knotty (a.) Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
A knotty point to which we now proceed -- Pope.
Knotty (a.) Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home" [syn: baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough].
Knotty (a.) Used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed].
Knotty (a.) Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous].
Knotty (a.) Tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread" [syn: knotty, snarled, snarly].
Knotweed (n.) (Bot.) See Knotgrass.
Knotwort (n.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (I. verticillatum).
Knout (n.) A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last 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.
Know (n.) Knee. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Know (v. i.) 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.
Know (v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident.
To know of, To ask, to inquire. [Obs.] " Know of your youth, examine well your blood." -- Shak.
Knew (imp.) of Know.
Known (p. p.) of Know.
Knowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Know.
Know (v. t.) 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.
Know (v. t.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
Know (v. t.) 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.
Know (v. t.) 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.
Know (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
And Adam knew Eve his wife. -- Gen. iv. 1.
Note: 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 (n.) The fact of being aware of information that is known to few people; "he is always in the know."
Know (v.) Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about; "I know that the President lied to the people"; "I want to know who is winning the game!"; "I know it's time" [syn: know, cognize, cognise] [ant: ignore].
Know (v.) know how to do or perform something; "She knows how to knit"; "Does your husband know how to cook?"
Know (v.) Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt; "I know that I left the key on the table"; "Galileo knew that the earth moves around the sun."
Know (v.) Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily."
Know (v.) Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations; "I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces" [syn: know, experience, live].
Know (v.) Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne"; "We do not recognize your gods" [syn: acknowledge, recognize, recognise, know].
Know (v.) Have fixed in the mind; "I know Latin"; "This student knows her irregular verbs"; "Do you know the poem well enough to recite it?"
Know (v.) Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk].
Know (v.) Know the nature or character of; "we all knew her as a big show-off."
Know (v.) Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different; "The child knows right from wrong."
Know (v.) Perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!"
Knowable (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.
Knowable (a.) Capable of being known [syn: knowable, cognizable, cognisable, cognoscible] [ant: unknowable].
Knowa bleness (n.) The state or quality of being knowable. -- Locke.
Know-all (n.) One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]
Know-all (n.) Someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others [syn: know-it-all, know-all].
Knower (n.) One who knows. -- Shak. knowhow
Knower (n.) A person who knows or apprehends [syn: knower, apprehender].
Knowing (a.) Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.
The knowing and intelligent part of the world. -- South.