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Knock (nŏk), v. t. 1. To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
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When heroes knock their knotty heads together. Rowe.
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2. To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
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Master, knock the door hard. Shak.
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3. To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause. [Slang, Eng.]
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4. To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage. “Don't knock it if you haven't tried it.”
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Coloq. To knock in the head , or Coloq. To knock on the head , to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To knock off . (a) To force off by a blow or by beating. (b) To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter. (c) To leave off (work, etc.). [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To knock out , to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains. -- Coloq. To knock up . (a) To arouse by knocking. (b) To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do more; as, the men were entirely knocked up. [Colloq.] “The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had knocked up my followers.” Petherick. (c) (Bookbinding) To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets. (d) To make pregnant. Often used in passive, she got knocked up. [vulgar]

Knock, n. 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
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2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. “ A knock at the door.” Longfellow.
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A loud cry or some great knock. Holland.
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Coloq. Knock off , See in the vocabulary.
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Knockabout (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib; a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.
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2. A knockabout performer or performance. [Theat. Slang]
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3. A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs. [Colloq., Australia]
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knockabout (?), a. 1. Marked by knocking about or roughness.
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2. Of noisy and violent character; marked by farce, pratfalls, and horseplay; as, knockabout comedy. [Theat. Slang]
Syn. -- boisterous, slapstick.
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3. Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither; suitable for use in rough activity; suited for everyday use; -- used especially of clothing.
Syn. -- casual, everyday.
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4. That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station. [Collog., Australia]
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Knock down (?), n. 1. To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, to knock down an assailant.
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2. To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock of the auctioneer's hammer; to sell at an auction; as, the vase was knocked down at two thousand dollars.
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3. To take apart; to dissassemble; as, to knock down a rifle for cleaning.
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4. To reduce or discount the price of; as, the dresses were knocked down to twenty dollars.
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5. To earn (an income). “plumbers who knock down over a hundred thousand a year.”
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Knockdown (?), n. 1. That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong. [Slang.]
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2. A knocking down; a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal; a blow that overwhelms; also, a fist fight.
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3. Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also, state of being knocked down, or taken apart.
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Knockdown (?), a. 1. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
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2. Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
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3. Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.
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4. Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.
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knock-down-and-drag-out, knockdown-dragout adj. marked by extreme violence; -- of fights; also used metaphorically of fierce contests; as, a knock-down-and-drag-out fight; a knockdown-dragout competition for the browser market.
Syn. -- ferocious, fierce, knockdown-dragout, tearing.
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knocked-out adj. damaged; -- not used of persons; as, the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny. Opposite of undamaged. [prenominal]
Syn. -- knocked out.
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knocker (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.
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Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, I said;
Tie up the knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.
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2. A person strikingly handsome, beautiful, or fine; one who wins admiration; a “stunner.” [Slang.]
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3. A species of large cockroach, especially Blabera gigantea, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
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4. [usually used in pl.] a woman's breast. [vulgar]
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Knocking, n. A beating; a rap; a series of raps.
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The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.
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Knockings (?), n. pl. (Mining) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.
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knock-knee (?), n. (Med.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
Syn. -- knock-knees, genu valgum.
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knock-kneed (?), a. Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

knock-knees n. 1. knock-knee.
Syn. -- knock-knee, genu valgum.
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knock off (?), n. a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
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knock off (?), v. i. & t. 1. to quit (working).
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2. to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is accomplished rapidly.
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3. to kill; to defeat (opponents). [Colloq.]
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4. to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price).
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5. to rob.
Syn. -- knock over.
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6. to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without permission or admission of copying. [MW10]
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knockoff (?), n. A cheap imitation of something popular, produced illegally without a license from the trademark owner, and of inferior materials. [Also spelled knock-off.]
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Knock-off, n. 1. Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.), a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.
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2. A .
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Knock-off, a. That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.
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Knock-out, a. That knocks out; characterized by knocking out; as, a knock-out blow; a knock-out key for knocking out a drill from a collet.
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knockout, knock-out (?), n. Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out; the act of rendering a person unconscious by a blow. [wns=1]
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2. a blow which causes a person to become unconscious.
Syn. -- knockout blow, knockout punch.
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3. (Boxing) the winning of a boxing contest by rendering the opponent unable to stand for a specified period, usually a count of ten; -- in contrast to a win by a decision; as, Muhammed Ali won by a knockout in the first round.
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4. a strikingly beautiful woman. [Informal]
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knockout drops, knock-out drops n. pl. Drops of any drug, used to a person to fall asleep or become unconscious or stupefied for the purpose of robbery, etc.; they are usually mixed into a drink so that the person consuming it does so unknowingly. One compound used for this purpose is . [Slang, U. S.]
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Knockstone (?), n. (Mining) A block upon which ore is broken up.
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Knoll (nōl), n. [AS. cnoll; akin to G. knolle, knollen, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. knolle ball, bunch, Sw. knöl, Dan. knold.] A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.
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On knoll or hillock rears his crest,
Lonely and huge, the giant oak. Sir W. Scott.
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Knoll (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knolled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knolling.] [OE. knollen, AS. cnyllan. See .] To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing. “Knolled to church.” Shak.
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Heavy clocks knolling the drowsy hours. Tennyson.
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Knoll, v. i. To sound, as a bell; to knell. Shak.
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For a departed being's soul
The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells knoll. Byron.
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Knoll, n. The tolling of a bell; a knell. [R.] Byron.
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Knoller, n. One who tolls a bell. [Obs.] Sherwood.
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Knop (nŏp), 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. , .] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
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Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. Ex. xxv. 21.
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2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
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Coloq. Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior.
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Knopped (?), a. Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons. [Obs.] Rom. of R.
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Knoppern (?), n. [Cf. G. knopper. See .] (Zoöl.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing.
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Knopweed (?), n. Same as .
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Knor (?), n. See . [Obs.]
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Knosp (?), n. [Cf. G. knospe bud, E. knop, knar.] (Arch.) Same as , 2. Milman.
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Knot (nŏt), n. [OE. knot, knotte, AS. cnotta; akin to D. knot, OHG. chnodo, chnoto, G. knoten, Icel. knūtr, Sw. knut, Dan. knude, and perh. to L. nodus. Cf. , .] 1. (a) A fastening together of the parts or ends of one or more threads, cords, ropes, etc., by any one of various ways of tying or entangling. (b) A lump or loop formed in a thread, cord, rope. etc., as at the end, by tying or interweaving it upon itself. (c) An ornamental tie, as of a ribbon.
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☞ The names of knots vary according to the manner of their making, or the use for which they are intended; as, dowknot, reef knot, stopper knot, diamond knot, etc.
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2. A bond of union; a connection; a tie. “With nuptial knot.” Shak.
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Ere we knit the knot that can never be loosed. Bp. Hall.
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3. Something not easily solved; an intricacy; a difficulty; a perplexity; a problem.
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Knots worthy of solution. Cowper.
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A man shall be perplexed with knots, and problems of business, and contrary affairs. South.
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4. A figure the lines of which are interlaced or intricately interwoven, as in embroidery, gardening, etc. “Garden knots.” Bacon.
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Flowers worthy of paradise, which, not nice art
In beds and curious knots, but nature boon
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.
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5. A cluster of persons or things; a collection; a group; a hand; a clique; as, a knot of politicians. “Knots of talk.” Tennyson.
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His ancient knot of dangerous adversaries. Shak.
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Palms in cluster, knots of Paradise. Tennyson.
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As they sat together in small, separate knots, they discussed doctrinal and metaphysical points of belief. Sir W. Scott.
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6. A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
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7. A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance.
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With lips serenely placid, felt the knot
Climb in her throat. Tennyson.
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8. A protuberant joint in a plant.
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9. The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. [Obs.]
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I shoulde to the knotte condescend,
And maken of her walking soon an end. Chaucer.
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10. (Mech.) See .
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11. (Naut.) (a) A division of the log line, serving to measure the rate of the vessel's motion. Each knot on the line bears the same proportion to a mile that thirty seconds do to an hour. The number of knots which run off from the reel in half a minute, therefore, shows the number of miles the vessel sails in an hour. Hence: (b) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes nautical eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots.
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12. A kind of epaulet. See .
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13. (Zoöl.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.
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☞ The name is said to be derived from King Canute, this bird being a favorite article of food with him.
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The knot that called was Canutus' bird of old,
Of that great king of Danes his name that still doth hold,
His appetite to please that far and near was sought. Drayton.
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Knot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Knotting.] 1. To tie in or with, or form into, a knot or knots; to form a knot on, as a rope; to entangle. “Knotted curls.” Drayton.
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As tight as I could knot the noose. Tennyson.
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2. To unite closely; to knit together. Bacon.
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3. To entangle or perplex; to puzzle. [Obs. or R.]
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Knot, v. i. 1. To form knots or joints, as in a cord, a plant, etc.; to become entangled.
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Cut hay when it begins to knot. Mortimer.
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2. To knit knots for fringe or trimming.
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3. To copulate; -- said of toads. [R.] Shak.
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Knotberry (?), n. (Bot.) The cloudberry (Rudus Chamæmorus); -- so called from its knotted stems.
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Knotgrass (?), n. (Bot.) (a) a common weed with jointed stems (Polygonum aviculare); knotweed. (b) The dog grass. See under .
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☞ An infusion of Polygonum aviculare was once supposed to have the effect of stopping the growth of an animal, and hence it was called, as by Shakespeare, “hindering knotgrass.”
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We want a boy extremely for this function,
Kept under for a year with milk and knotgrass. Beau. & Fl.
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Knotless, a. Free from knots; without knots. “Silver firs with knotless trunks.” Congreve.
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Knotted (?), a. 1. Full of knots; having knots; knurled; as, a knotted cord; the knotted oak. Dryden.
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2. Interwoven; matted; entangled.
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Make . . . thy knotted and combined locks to part. Shak.
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3. Having intersecting lines or figures.
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The west corner of thy curious knotted garden. Shak.
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4. (Geol.) Characterized by small, detached points, chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface; as, knotted rocks. Percival.
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5. Entangled; puzzling; knotty. [R.]
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They're catched in knotted lawlike nets. Hudibras.
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Knottiness (?), n. [From .] 1. The quality or state of being knotty or full of knots.
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2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy; complication. “ Knottiness of his style.” Hare.
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Knotty (?), a. [Compar. Knottier (?); superl. Knottiest.] 1. Full of knots; knotted; having many knots; as, knotty timber; a knotty rope.
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2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. [R.] Rewe.
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3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed.
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A knotty point to which we now proceed Pope.
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Knotweed (nŏtwēd), n. (Bot.) See .
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Knotwort (nŏtwûrt), n. (Bot.) A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus Illecebrum (Illecebrum verticillatum).
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Knout (nout or n�t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. knūtr knot: cf. F. knout. See .] A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
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Knout, v. t. To punish with the knout. Brougham.
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Know (nō), n. Knee. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Know (nō), v. t. [imp. Knew (nū); p. p. Known (nōn); p. pr. & vb. n. Knowing.] [OE. knowen, knawen, AS. cnäwan; akin to OHG. chnäan (in comp.), Icel. knä to be able, Russ. znate to know, L. gnoscere, noscere, Gr. gighwskein, Skr. jnā; fr. the root of E. can, v. i., ken. √45. See , to be able, and cf. , , , , , .] 1. To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
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O, that a man might know
The end of this day's business ere it come! Shak.
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There is a certainty in the proposition, and we know it. Dryden.
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Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong. Longfellow.
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2. To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
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3. To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
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He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. 2 Cor. v. 21.
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Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. Milton.
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4. To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
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Ye shall know them by their fruits. Matt. vil. 16.
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And their eyes were opened, and they knew him. Luke xxiv. 31.
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To know
Faithful friend from flattering foe. Shak.
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At nearer view he thought he knew the dead. Flatman.
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5. To have sexual intercourse with.
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And Adam knew Eve his wife. Gen. iv. 1.
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☞ Know is often followed by an objective and an infinitive (with or without to) or a participle, a dependent sentence, etc.
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And I knew that thou hearest me always. John xi. 42.
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The monk he instantly knew to be the prior. Sir W. Scott.
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In other hands I have known money do good. Dickens.
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Coloq. To know how , to understand the manner, way, or means; to have requisite information, intelligence, or sagacity. How is sometimes omitted. “ If we fear to die, or know not to be patient.” Jer. Taylor.
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Know, v. i. 1. To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
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Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. Is. i. 3.
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If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John vii. 17.
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The peasant folklore of Europe still knows of willows that bleed and weep and speak when hewn. Tylor.
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2. To be assured; to feel confident.
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Coloq. To know of , to ask, to inquire. [Obs.] “ Know of your youth, examine well your blood.” Shak.
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Knowable (?), a. That may be known; capable of being discovered, understood, or ascertained.
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Thus mind and matter, as known or knowable, are only two different series of phenomena or qualities. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Knowa bleness, n. The state or quality of being knowable. Locke.
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Know-all (?), n. One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; a know-it-all; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. or R.]
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Knower (?), n. One who knows. Shak.
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knowhow, know-how (nōhou) n. the knowledge and skill required to do something; practical knowledge for a specific task.
Syn. -- knowhow.
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Knowing, a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.
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The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.
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2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq.]
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Knowing, n. Knowledge; hence, experience. “ In my knowing.” Shak.
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This sore night
Hath trifled former knowings. Shak.
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Knowingly, adv. 1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype.
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2. By experience. [Obs.] Shak.
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Knowingness, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
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Know-it-all (?), n. One who knows everything; hence, a person who makes pretension to great knowledge, especially one whose didactic conversational habit conspicuously reveals his belief that he has superior knowledge on many subjects; a wiseacre; a know-all; -- usually ironical. [Colloq. & pejorative] the use of this term implies that the speaker disapproves of this behavior, and may think that it is unjustified
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Knowleche (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See .
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We consider and knowleche that we have offended. Chaucer.
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