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knosp

knosp

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Knop  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Knosp  \Knosp\,  n.  [Cf.  G.  knospe  bud,  E.  knop,  knar.]  (Arch.) 
  Same  as  {Knop},2.  --Milman.