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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Knit'ta-ble, a. p. 742Capable of being knit.Knit'ter, n. p. 742One who knits.Knit'ting, n. p. 742The work of a knitter; union formed by knitting; junction. 2. The net-work formed by knitting.Knit'ting-nee'dle, n. p. 742A long needle used for knitting threads into stockings, and the like.Knit'ting-sheath, n. p. 742A small article to be fastened to the side, having a perforation to receive the end of a needle in knitting.Knīt'tle, n. p. 742A string that gathers or draws together a purse. 2. (Naut.) A small line, composed of two or three yarns twisted together, used for various purposes, as for seizings, or hammock clews, or in pointing…Knives, n. p. 742pl. of knife. See KNIFE.Knŏb, n. p. 742A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone; hence, a round ball at the end of any thing; as, the knob of a lock. 2. A rounded hill or mountain; as…Knŏbbed, a. p. 742Containing knobs; full of knobs. The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, and knobbed or tuberous at the bottom. Grew.Knŏb'ber, n. p. 742A knobbler. See KNOBBLER.Knŏb'bi-ness, n. p. 742The quality of having knobs, or of being full of protuberances.Knōb'bler, n. p. 742The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also knobber.] Halliwell. He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. W. Scott.Knōb'by, a. p. 742Full of knobs or hard protuberances. 2. Hard; stubborn. [Obs.] The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy, resolving still to conceal the names of the authors. Howell. 3. Abounding in…Knŏck, v. i. p. 742To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; as, to knock with a club or with the fist; to knock at the door. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked; Not one of all the thousand but was…Knŏck, v. t. p. 742To strike; to drive against; as, to knock the head against a post. 2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door. To knock down. (a.) To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by…Knŏck, n. p. 742A stroke with something thick or heavy. 2. A stroke on a door, intended as a request for admittance; a rap.Knŏck'down, n. p. 742A blow which strikes a person to the ground. Knockdown argument, an argument which can not be answered, and which completely overthrows the reasoning of the person against whom it is directed.…Knŏck'er, n. p. 742One 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…Knöck'ing, n. p. 743A beating; a rap.Knŏck'-kneed, a. p. 743Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knock-kneed.]Knŏck'-stōne, n. p. 743A block of stone or iron used for breaking things upon. Mining Journal.Knōll, v. t. p. 743To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to express or proclaim by ringing. “His knell is knolled.” Shak.Knōll, v. i. p. 743To sound, as a bell. Shak. For a departed being’s soul The death-hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron.Knōll, n. p. 743The ringing of a bell; knell; as, the curfew knoll. The far roll Of your departing voices is the knoll Of what in me is sleepless. Byron.Knöll, n. p. 743The top or crown of a hill; especially, a little round hill or mount; a small elevation of earth.Knöll'er, n. p. 743One who tolls a bell.Knŏp, n. p. 743A knob; a tufted top; a bud; a bunch; a button. [Obs.] 2. (Arch.) A boss; an ornament consisting of a round bunch of flowers or leaves; also, the foliage on the capital of a pillar; — called also…Knŏpped, a. p. 743Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons. [Obs.]Knöp'pern, n. p. 743An excrescence produced by the puncture of insects on the flower-cups of the oak; a kind of gall-nut.Knŏp'-weed, n. p. 743The same as KNAP-WEED and HORSE-KNOP.Knôr, n. p. 743A knot; a knar. [Obs.]Knösp, n. p. 743The unopened bud of a leaf or flower; hence, an ornament resembling such a bud. “The carver of the capital, the molding, the knosp, or the finial.” Milman.Knŏt, n. p. 743A complication of threads, cords, or ropes, formed by tying, knitting, or entangling, and resisting separation or loosening; a close tie; a fastening of cord. 2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie.…Knŏt, v. t. p. 743To complicate or tie in a knot or knots; to form a knot. “Knotted curls.” Drayton. 2. To unite closely. Bacon. 3. To entangle; to perplex. They are catched in knotted law-like nets. Hudibras.Knŏt, v. i. p. 743To form knots or joints, as in cord or plants. 2. To knit knots for fringe. 3. To unite, as in sexual congress or intercourse; to copulate; to embrace. Keep it as a cistern for foul toads To knot and…Knŏt'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 743(Bot.) A plant of the genus Rubus, and its fruit.Knŏt'-grăss, n. p. 743(Bot.) (a.) A weed-like plant of several species, of the genus Polygonum; — so called from the joints of its stem; knot-weed. (b.) A plant of the genus Triticum (T. repens). See DOG-GRASS. An…Knŏt'less, a. p. 743Free from knots; without knots.Knŏt'ted, a. p. 743Full of knots; having knots; as, the knotted oak. Dryden. 2. Having intersecting lines or figures. “Knotted adders.” W. Scott. 3. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of…Knŏt'ti-ness, n. p. 743The quality of being knotty; fullness of knots. 2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. “Knottiness of his style.” Hare.Knŏt'ty, a. p. 743Full of knots; having many knots; as, knotty timber. 2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. Rowe. 3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed. “A knotty point to which we now proceed.” Pope.Knŏt'-weed, n. p. 743(Bot.) A plant of the genus Polygonum; knot-grass. See KNOT-GRASS.Knŏt'-wort, n. p. 743(Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum.Knout, n. p. 743An instrument of punishment in Russia, with which stripes are inflicted on the bare back. The knout consists of a handle about two feet long, to which is fastened a flat leather thong about twice the…Knout, v. t. p. 743To punish with the knout.Knōw, v. t. p. 743To be aware of as true or actual; to have mental cognition of; to perceive or apprehend clearly; to be convinced of the truth of; to have information of; to be assured of. O that a man might know The…Knōw (nō), v. i. p. 743To have knowledge; to possess information, instruction, or wisdom; — often with of. Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Isa. i. 3. whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.…Knōw'a-ble, a. p. 743Capable of being 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.Knōw'a-ble-ness, n. p. 743The state or quality of being knowable.Knōw'-all, n. p. 743One who is very learned, or knows every thing; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre. Tucker.Knōw'er, n. p. 743One who knows.Knōw'ing, p. a. p. 743Skillful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man. “The knowing and intelligent part of the world.” South. “A knowing, prudent cause.” Blackmore.Know'ing-ly, adv. p. 743With knowledge; intelligently; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend.Knōw'ing-ness, n. p. 743The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skilfulness.Knōwl'edge, n. p. 743The act of knowing; clear and certain perception of truth and duty; certain apprehension. Knowledge, which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth…Knŏwl'edge, v. t. p. 743To acknowledge; to avow. [Obs.] “Set forth in Christ for all sinners which knowledge their sins.” Tyndale.Knōwl-tō'ni-a, n. p. 743(Bot.) A genus of evergreen perennial plants found at the Cape of Good Hope.Knōwn, p. p. p. 743from know. See KNOW.Knōw'-noth'ing, n. p. 743A member of a certain secret political organization in the United States, the chief object of which was the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws and the exclusive…Knōw'-noth'ing-ism, n. p. 743The doctrines or principles of the Know-nothings. [U. S.] Bartlett.