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knob |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf {Nob}.] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. --Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] --Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See {Knop}. {Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knob \Knob\, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] --Drant. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knob n 1: a rounded projection or protuberance 2: a round handle 3: any thickened enlargement [syn: {node}] 4: an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger [syn: {pommel}]
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