knock 
You"! move the Duke our master's CJrace 
To put a knock upon the steeple, 
To shew the hours to country people. 
Walton's CM., L 1. (Jamiemn.) 
knockaway, . !( /.</.(///. 
knock-down (nok'doun), a. 1. Such as to 
knoc'k to the ground; hence, overwhelming; 
irresistible: as, a kiioi-k-iloirn blow; a knock- 
ilnirn argument. 
Away with the wishy-washy school of sentiment In which 
a knack-doirn argument is thought of with the same hor- 
ror as a knockdown blow I 
J. Wilton, Noctes Ambrosiarue, Dec., 1834. 
2. Constructed so as to be readily knocked 
down or taken apart for convenience in trans- 
portation ; prepared and kept in separate parts, 
ready to be put together as a whole. 
To make a knockdoicn wigwam, the framing should he 
lashed together with rupes or twine, and the bark tied to 
the nifters with twine. Sci. Amcr., N. 8., LIX. 187. 
knocker (nok'er), n. 1. One who knocks. 2. 
A spirit or goblin supposed to dwell in mines, 
and to indicate the presence of rich veins of ore 
by knocking. 
The miners say that the Knocker is some being that In- 
habits In the concaves and hollows of the Earth, and that 
it is thus kind to some men of suitable temper, and directs 
ilirin to the ore by such its knocking. 
Uoomn, quoted by If. Hunt in P.rifish Mining. 
3. A knob, bar, or ring of metal attached to an 
outer door, by knocking with which persons 
seeking admittance can attract the notice of 
the inmates. It is usually so held by a hinge that it 
can be lifted and allowed to fall against a metal plate or 
stud, giving a sharp blow. It has now generally given 
place to the door-bell. 
It {the front door] was ornamented with a gorgeous brass 
knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes in the device of a 
dog, and sometimes of a lion's head. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 167. 
One could hardly find a knocker at a door In a whole 
street after a midnight expedition of these Beaux Esprits. 
J. Athlon, .Social Life In Reign of Queen Anne, II. 180. 
4. In milling, a device attached to a flour-bolt 
to jar or shake it at intervals, in order to free 
the cloth from the flour. 
knocking (nok'ing), . [Verbal n. of knock, p.] 
1 . The act of striking a door with the knuckles 
or with a knocker. 
Wake Duncan with thy knocking ; I would thou couldst ! 
Shak., Macbeth, ii. >, 74. 
2. pi. The larger pieces of stone and ore as cut 
or blasted from the vein. [North. Eng.] 3. 
pi. A stone-masons' name for the smaller pieces 
knocked off in dressing stone. 4. The cry of 
harehounds. Halliicelt. 
knocking-bucker (nok'ing-buk'er), n. A tool 
cut out of a strong flat bar of iron, used for 
breaking or " bucking" ore. [Eng.] 
knocking-trqugh (uok'ing-trdf), n. A conical 
trough in which the rind is beaten off of barley 
with a inallot. Brockttt. [Prov. Eng.] 
knock-knee (nok'ne), n. The condition of be- 
ing knock-kneed. 
' Knock-kuee," It was stated, depended In most cases 
. . . upon deficiency of growth of the outer or condyloid 
part of the femur at the cpiphysial line. 
Lancet, No. 3413, p. 172. 
knock-kneed (nok'ned), a. Having the legs 
curved inward so that the knees touch or knock 
together in walking ; hence, halting; feeble: as, 
a very knock-kneed argument. Formerly also 
knack-kneed. 
Rising)!, who succeeded to the command of New Swe- 
den, looms largely in ancient records as a gigantic Swede, 
who, had he not been rather knack-kneed and splay-footed, 
might have served for the model of a Samson. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, vi i 
knock-off (nok'6f), n. The device by which 
the loops of yarn are knocked off or drawn 
over the ends of the needles in a knitting-ma- 
chine. 
knock-out (nok'out), n. Causing one to be 
knocked out, as by a blow in a fight; hence, 
very effective; crushing: as, a knock-out blow. 
knockstone (nok'ston ), . A stone on which lead 
ore is broken, cobbed, or bucked; sometimes, 
also, an iron block so used. [North. Eng.] 
knodt, ' t. A variant of gnod. 
knoll' (nol), v. [Early mod. E. also knowl; < 
late ME. knoUen, a more sonorous form of knal- 
len, knuUen, and more nearly agreeing with the 
cognate D. G. /.-</?/> = Bw. knalla = Dan. 
knalde, make a loud noise ; nit. imitative : see 
knell.'] I. trans. 1. To ring, as a bell; espe- 
cially, to ring slowly, for or as for a funeral ; 
toll; knell. 
To come in ther proprc persones to the counselle house 
... as often as they slialten here the grete belle i>f the 
3305 
parlsshe of Solnt Andrnwe to he knotted by many ai diners 
tymes, and after that rongen out for the same. 
Kngtuh Uitdi (E. E. T. 9.), p. 401. 
He thlnkes I hearc the clarke, 
That kiunHr* the careful km II. 
The Ayed Lover llnuntnceth Low. 
Had I as many sons aa I have hairs, 
I would not wlh them to a fairer death : 
And so his knell Is knM'd. 
Shak., Macbeth, T. 8, 50. 
2. To ring or sound a knell for; warn or draw 
by the sound of a bell. 
And his tongue 
Hounds ever after as a sullen bell, 
Remember'd knotting a departing friend. 
Shak., 2 Hen. IV.. I. 1, 103 (Knight). 
Clear from the church-tower clangs the ben, 
Knotting souls that would repent 
To the Holy Sacrament 
Kulutr, Krldolln (tr. from SchlllerX 
II. intrant. To sound, as a bell ; ring. 
If ever [you have] been where bells have knott'd to church. 
Shak., As you Like it, ii. 7, 114. 
Remember that your fam<> 
Knotrtfg In th' eare o' th' world : what yon doe quickly 
Is not done rashly. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, L 1. 
knoll 1 (nol), n. [< knoll 1 , v.] The ringing of a 
bell : as, the curfew kuoii. 
The far roll 
Of your departing voices Is the knoll 
Of what In me is sleepless. 
Byron, Chllde Harold, lit 96. 
knoll 2 (nol), n. [< ME. knot, < AS. enol, enoll, a 
top or summit (of a hill), = MD. knollc, D. knot, 
knob, protuberance, a turnip, = MHG. knoUe, 
Or. knollen, a knoll, clod, lump, knot, = Norw. 
knoll = Dan. knold, a knoll, = Sw. knol, a bump ; 
prob. of Celtic origin : < W. cnol, a knoll, hillock, 
dim. of a more ong. form seen in Gael, cnoc, a 
hill, knoll, hillock, = Ir. cnnc, a hillock, a tur- 
nip (cf. def. 2) ; perhaps orig. a bump,' as in 
the related noun knuckle, q. v., from the verb 
represented by W. cnocio, knock, Gael, cnac, 
crack, etc.: see knock. Hence dial. (Sc.) know 2 , 
q. v., and prob. noil, the head, a dial, or slang 
word of winch the proper spelling knoll was 
not recognized.] 1 . The top or crown of a hill ; 
more generally, a small, gently rounded hill or 
mount. 
The labourers' homes, 
A frequent haunt of Edith, on low hulls 
That dimpling died into each other. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
2. A turnip. [Prov. Eng.] 
knoller (no'ler), n. One who tolls a bell, 
knolly (no'li), o. [< IcnolP + -yl.] Having 
knolls ; marked by small rounded hills. 
Mr. Upham briefly described the belts of knolly and 
hilly drift which have been traced through Minnesota. 
Science, III. 695. 
knop (nop), n. [Formerly also cnop; < ME. 
knop, knoppe, (. AS. "cnop = D. knop, a knob, 
bud, = OHG. chnopf, cnopf, chnoph, MHG. 
knoph, knopf, G. knopf = Dan. knop = Sw. knopp, 
bud, knop, knop, button, stud (cf. Dan. knob, 
a knot, bend, naut. knot). Also in variant 
forms knob (q. v.) and knap, ME. cnap, < AS. 
cncep = Icel. knappr = Dan. knap, a knop, knob : 
see Jtnap 2 ; cf . also D. knoop = MLG. LG. knop 
= MHG. knotif, G. ibia/(MHG. dim. knoufel, 
knoufel), a knob, button. See also knosp.] 1. 
A small rounded projection ; a stud; a button ; 
a knob. [Now only in some specific uses. See 
below.] 
Knoppis fyne of gold enameled. 
Rom. of the Rote, 1. 7268. 
But when our standard was set up, 
So fierce the wind did bla', Willie, 
The golden knop down from the top 
Unto ground did fa', Willie. 
Up and War Them A', Willie (Child's Ballads, VII. 265). 
2t. A bud. 
For brode roses and open also 
Ben passed In a day or two; 
But knoppu wllle freshe be 
Two dayes atte leest or thre. 
Rom. o/ the Rote, 1. 1684. 
The cedar of the house within was carved with knop* 
and open flowers. 1 Ki. vi. 18. 
3. Ecclfs., a bulb on the stem of a chalice for 
convenience in holding it. It is found in some 
of the earliest known chalices. 4. In arch., 
same as knob. 6. A large tub. [Prov. Eng.] 
Knop-and-flower pattern, a name given to a pattern 
much used in Eastern (especially Persian) decoration, as 
of pottery, consisting of alternately a solid or compact 
flower and a minutely divided and delicate one. 
knopt (nop), u. /. [< ME. knoppen; < knop, n.] 
To adorn with buttons, knobs, or projections 
of any sort. 
11 lithe shoos knopped with dagges. 
Rom. oj the Rote, 1. 7260. 
knot 
His knopped schon clouted full thykke; 
His ton toteden (peeped] out an In tin Lmle treddede. 
Pien Plouman'i Crtde (E. K. T. H.), L 424. 
knoppet, . A Middl>- English form of knoji. 
knopper (nop'er), n. fti. , a gall nut. (. kmtpj', 
aknop, knob: seetiio//.] A kind of gall formed 
from the immature acorns of Querm* /</- 
rulata and Q. xrnxilifolia, abounding in Croatia, 
Styria, etc. These galls are largely used for tanning 
throughout Austria, and to some extent in fiermany. They 
are also used in dyeing. Also knopper-gaU. 
knopweed (nop'wed), n. Same as knapweed, 2. 
knort, . An obsolete form of knur. 
knornedt, . See knurned. 
knorrish (nor'ish), a. [< knor, now knur, + 
-is/i 1 .] Knotty; knarry. [Prov. Eng.] 
knosp (nosp), n. [< G. knospe, a bud, \ MHG. 
knvspe, a knot, knop ; akin to knopf, a knop, bud : 
see knop.] A bud or unopened leaf or flower, 
or an architectural ornament resembling a bud ; 
a knob. [Rare.] 
Thy thousands, trained to martial toll. 
Full red would stain thy native soil. 
Ere from thy mural crown there fell 
The slightest kivxp or pinnacle. 
Scott, Marmlon, v., Int. 
knot 1 (not), n. [< ME. knotte, < AS. cnolta = D. 
knot = MHG. knotze; cf. OHG. cknodo, chnoto, 
MHG. knode, knott, G. 
knotcn = Icel. knutr (for 
knutrl) = Dan. knude = 
Sw. knut, a knot; prob. 
= L. nodus (for "gnodus], 
a knot (> E. node, q. v.), 
these kindred forms being 
somewhat complicated. 
Hence knit, and, through 
Russ. from Icel., knout.] 
1. An interlacement of 
parts of a cord, rope, or 
any flexible strip, formed 
by twisting the ends about 
each other, and then draw- 
ing tight the loops thus 
formed; also, a similar interlacing of two or 
more cords, threads, etc. ; a bunch of threads or 
thread-like things entangled together. 
Bind up this hair 
In any simple knot. Shelley, The Cenci, v. 4. 
Specifically 2. A piece of ribbon, lace, or the 
like folded or tied upon itself in some particu- 
lar form, used as an ornamental adjunct to a 
costume, or to a sword, a cane, etc. : as, a knot 
of ribbon; a breast -knot; a shoulder-i-o<. 
3. Something resembling a knot in its compli- 
cation, its protuberancy, or its rounded form. 
John was now matching several kinds of poppies and 
fleld-flowers to make her a present of knots for the day. 
Gay, Letter, quoted in Thackeray's English Humourists. 
The Queen, who sat 
With lips severely placid, felt the knot 
Climb In her throat, and with her feet unseen 
Crnsh'd the wild passion out against the floor. 
Teniiiimin, Lancelot and Elaine. 
(a) The hard, cross-grained mass of wood formed in a trunk 
at the insertion of a branch ; particularly, the round, gnarly 
formation resulting from a branch being broken off and 
the tissues growing around its stump. This stump often 
decays, or falls out in cutting, leaving a knot-hole. 
As knot*, by the conflux of meeting sap, 
Infect the sound pine and divert his grain 
Tortive and errant from his course of growth. 
Shak., T. and C., 13,7. 
(b) A node in a stem, or any node-like expansion in a stem, 
pod, etc. 
The canes of Egypt, when they newly arise from their 
bed of mud and slime of Nilus, start up into an equal and 
continual length, and are interrupted but with few knott. 
Jer. Taylor.Wortx (ed. 1885), I. 838. 
(e) An excrescence on a trunk or root ; a gnarl or knur, (d) 
A tuft, as of gnus, (t) A flower-bud. 
It [the citron-tree] bore some ripe ones, and some sour 
ones, some in the knot, and some in the blossom altogether. 
Up. Socket, Abp. Williams II- 88. 
(/) In lithol., a small concretion or aggregation of mineral 
matter, or imperfectly developed crystal, found occasional- 
ly In schistose rocks, appearing to be the result of con- 
tact metamorphism. Knots of this kind sometimes occur 
crowded together in large numbers, so as to give a knot- 
ty appearance to what otherwise would be a quite smooth 
slaty surface. Such slate Is called knotted ttaU at tchitt (in 
German tntjten*-hirSer\ The knots are sometimes simply 
segregations of ferruginous material around a small frag- 
ment of the slate ; sometimes more or less distinctly formed 
crystals, andalusite being the most common mineral thus 
occurring. This peculiar formation is well shown in the 
eastern Voegea and in the lake district of England, (g) In 
mech., same as knote, (A) In arch., same as knob, (t) In 
bnah-making, a tuft of bristles ready to be fastened into 
a hole In the stock, (j) In anat., a ganglion; a node; a 
plexus, (k) A defect in flint-glass, consisting of an opaque 
particle of earthy matter from the f umace, or abraded from 
the glass-pot, or a particle of glass-gall, or an imperfectly 
vitrified grain of sand. (I) In phut, geog., an elevated and 
plateau-like region where several great chains of moun- 
tains unite: a term little used by geographers except in 
describing parts of the chain of the Andes. 
