nobl (nob)

[A simplified spelling of knob, in various dial. or slang applications not recognized in literary use. Cf. nab2.] 1. The head. [Humorous.] The nob of Charles the Fifth ached seldomer under a monk's cowl than under the diadem. Lamb, To Barton, Dec. 8, 1829. 2. In gun., the plate under the swing-bed for the head of an elevating-screw. E. H. Knight.-3. Same as knobstick, 2. Black nob, the bullfinch.One for his nob. (a) A blow on the head delivered in a pugilistic fight. [Slang.] (b) A point counted in the game of cribbage for holding the knave of trumps.