Knock

nok, v.t to strike with something hard or heavy, to drive or be driven against: to strike for admittance to rap ~v t to strike to drive against. n. a sudden stroke a lap. [A S. cnuctan—Gael, and Ir. uiag, a ctack Ger khackcn, to crack or snap, like Knack and Ctack, orig. mutative of the sound.] Knooker, noVfir, u. the hammer suspended to a door for making a knock. Knock-kneed, nok'-ned, qdj, having knees that knock or touch in walking. [Knock and Knee.J Knoll, nol, a round hillock the top of A hill. [A.S. cnol Ger. knotlen a knob, lump; peril, a dim. of Gael, cnoc, a hill.] Knoll, nfll. Same as Knell. Knop, nop, «. JS a knob, a bud. [A. S cnepp Dut. knop, Ger. knop/; conn with and perh. derived from the Celt., as Gael, map.) Knot, not, «. a wading bird much resembling a snipe, said in Drayton’ s Polyolbion to be named from king Canute with whom was a favourite article of food.