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knapped |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knap \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.
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