knapsack

[Dan. knapzak =a provision-bag, a knapsack: knap eating; knappen to eat, and zaka sack, a bag.] A soldier's or tourist's case or wrapper for clothes, ., to be carried on the back during a march; a tourist's or traveler's satchel. knăp'-weēd, s. [Eng. knap, and weed.] Bot.: The genus Centaurea (q.v.). The Brown rayed Knapweed is Centaurea jacea. The Black Discoid Knapweed is C. nigra, and the Greater Knapweed C. scabiosa. knar, †knâur, *knare, s. [O. Dut. knorre; Ger. knorrena gnar, a knot in a tree.] 1. Ord. Lang.: A knot in a tree or in wood. 2. Bot . ( chiefly of the form knaur): A knot or tumor varying in size from that of a pea to that of a cocoanut, on the stem or root of the hawthorn and some Small Knapweed. other trees. They may be used for propagation. [ExoSTOSIS.] knark, s . [Etym. doubtful; probably connected with knar (q. v.).] A hard-hearted, surly person. ( Slang .) knarl, s. [A dim in. from knar (q. v.).] A knot in a tree. knarled, a. knarled oak. [Eng. knarl ; -ed.] Knotted; as, a knarred, a . [Eng. knar ; -ed.] Knarled, knotty. knar-ry, a . [Eng. knar ; -y.] Knarled, knotty. knâuff-ite, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Min.: The same as BOLBORTHITE (q. v.). knâur, s. [KNAR.] knâu-ti-a (t as sh), s . [Named after Christopher Knaut, a Saxon physician and botanist at Halle, who died in 1694. ( Paxton , .)] Bot.: Formerly an independent genus of Com 1. Lit.: Full of knags or knots; rough with knots; posites, but now reduced to a sub-genus of Scabiosa. knotty. 2. Fig.: Rough in temper. *knăkke, s. [KNACK, S.] The receptacle is hemispheric, covered with hairs, the involucre four-furrowed; the calyx teeth of 8-16 deciduous bristles. Scabiosa ( Knautia ) arvensis is a hairy plant two to five feet high, with lilac or and North Africa.