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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Knŭb or Knŭb'ble, v. t. p. 743To beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Obs.]Knūbs, n. pl. p. 743Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.Knŭck'le, n. p. 743The joint of a finger, particularly when made protuberant by the closing of the fingers. 2. The knee-joint, especially of a calf; as, a knuckle of veal; — formerly used of human beings. Thou, Nilus…Knŭck'le, v. i. p. 743To knock. To knuckle to. (a.) To submit in a contest; to yield; — from the old custom of striking the under side of a table when defeated in argument. See KNOCK. (b.) To apply one's self vigorously.Knŭck'le, v. t. p. 744To beat or strike with the knuckles.Knŭck'led, a. p. 744Jointed. [Obs.] Bacon.Knück'le-joint, n. p. 744(Mach.) A box embracing a pin held at both ends by the forked end of a connecting-rod.Knüff, n. p. 744A lout; a clown. [Obs.] The country knuffs, Hob, Dick, and Hick, With clubs and clouted shoon, Shall fill up Dussendale With slaughtered bodies soon. Hayward.Knür, n. p. 744A knurl. [Obs.] The stony nodules found lodged in the strata are called by the workmen knurs and knots. Woodward.Knurl, n. p. 744A knot; a hard substance.Knürled, a. p. 744Full of knots.Knûrl'y, a. p. 744Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.Knūr'ry, a. p. 744Full of knots. [Obs.]Ko-ä′lä, n. p. 744(Zoöl.) A tailless marsupial animal of the genus Phascolarctos, found in Australia. The female carries its young on the back of its neck.Kōb or Kō'bā, n. p. 744(Zoöl.) One of several different species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus. The name is most commonly applied to K. Singsing.Kō'balt, n. p. 744See COBALT.Kö'bel-lite, n. p. 744(Min.) A blackish or gray mineral, consisting chiefly of sulphur, antimony, bismuth, and lead. Dana.Kö'böld or Köb'öld, n. p. 744A kind of domestic spirit or elf among the Germans, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English hobgoblin.Köff, n. p. 744A small Dutch vessel.Kōhl'-rā'bī, n. p. 744(Bot.) A singular variety of cabbage (Brassica caulo-rapa of Bauhin; now considered to be a variety of Brassica campestris).Kō'kob, n. p. 744A venomous serpent of America.Kol-pō'dā, n. p. 744(Zoöl.)Kol-pō'dēs p. 744a genus of minute. infusorial animals found in stagnant fresh water, characterized by having the body notched laterally, and the mouth situated at the bottom of the notch. Baird.Kōn'il-ite, n. p. 744(Min.) A mineral in the form of a loose powder, consisting chiefly of silex, and remarkably fusible. Phillips.Kō'nite, n. p. 744(Min.) The same as CONITE.Kōō'dōō, n. p. 744(Zoöl.) An ox-like antelope (Strepsiceros kudu) of South Africa, having graceful spiral horns.Koord, n. p. 744(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Koordistan or Kürdistan. See KURD.Koord'ish, a. p. 744(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Koordistan; resembling the Koords. See KURDISH.Koo-rĭl'i-an, a. & n. p. 744(Geog.) See KURILIAN.Kō'peck, n. p. 744A Russian coin of about the value of two thirds of a cent.Kō'ran, n. p. 744The Scriptures of the Mohammedans, containing the professed revelations of Mahomet, their prophet and the founder of their religion; the same as ALCORAN, the prefix of which is equivalent to The.Kō'ret, n. p. 744A certain fish found in the East Indies.Kō'rin, n. p. 744A species of antelope or gazelle (Gazella rufifrons), found in Africa.Kōs, n. p. 744A Jewish measure of capacity equal to about four cubic inches.Kŏs'ter, n. p. 744(Ichth.) A kind of sturgeon.Kōth, n. p. 744A shiny earthy substance, ejected from some South American volcanoes.Ko-tou', n. & v. p. 744See KOWTOW.Koul, n. p. 744A soldier belonging to a noble corps in Persia. 2. A promise or contract; — so called in the East Indies.Kōu'miss, n. p. 744A liquor made among the Calmucks by fermenting mare's or camel's milk, from which they obtain, by distillation, an intoxicating spirit. [Written also kumiss.] Ure.Kou'pho-lite, n. p. 744(Min.) A variety of prehnite, containing dust or vegetable matter, and which blackens on being heated before a blow-pipe. Dana.Kow-tow', n. p. 744A prostration by way of salutation. [China.]Kōw-tow', v. i. p. 744To bow to the earth; to perform the Chinese ceremony of prostration. [China.] [Written also kotou.]Krāal or Kraal, n. p. 744A village; a collection of huts; sometimes a single hut. [South Africa.] Pronounced krä'al by Smart, Clarke, and Worcester, but kräl or krȯwl is the pronunciation of the English residents of Cape…Krā'ken, n. p. 744A fabled sea animal of enormous size. To believe all that has been said of the sea-serpent or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence would be presumption. Goldsmith.Krā'mā, n. p. 744A wooden sandal; — so called in India.Kra-mē'rī-ā, n. p. 744(Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which (K. triandria), found in Peru, rhatany root is obtained.Kra-mér'ic, a. p. 744(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the root of the plant Krameria triandria;— said of a certain acid.Krāng, n. p. 744The fleshy part of the whale after the blubber has been removed; — so called by whalefishers. [Written also kreng.] Simmonds.Kraur'ite, n. p. 744A dull green mineral consisting chiefly of the hydrous phosphate of iron; dufrenite.