knobber, knobbler

[Eng. knob; -er.] A hart in its second year; a brocket. knob -bling, a . [KNOB, 8.] (See the compound.) knobbling-fire, s. A sunken refining hearth, of small size, in which crude or partially refined iron is worked into a ball or knob in contact with charcoal and under the influence of a blast; a bloomary, knob-bi-ne , s. [Eng. knobby; -ne .] The quality or state of being knobby or knobbed. knob-by, a. [Eng. knob; -y.] I. Literally : 1. Full of or covered with knobs or hard pro tube rances. 2. Covered with hills or small mountain knobs. (U.S. Colloq.) *II. Fig.: Hard, stubborn. 7. To knock on the head : To stun with a blow on the head; hence, fig., to frustrate, to spoil, to defeat, as a project or scheme. knock, s. [KNOCK, V.] 1. A blow, a stroke. "Give weapons up for men, let wars alone for catching knocks ." Phaer: Virgil's Æneidos , ix. 2. A loud blow or stroke, as on a door for admi ion. "Hee giveth a signe either by a loude crie or some great knocke ."- P . Holland : Pliny , bk. xxxiii., ch. iv.