knock-down

(nok’doun), a. 1. Such as to he Aged Louer Renounceth Loue. a knop, knob: see knop.] A kind of gall formed knock to the ground; hence, overwhelming; Had I as many sons as I have hairs, from the immature acorns of Quercus pedunirresistible: as, a knock-down blow; a knock- I would not wish them to a fairer death: And so his knell is knoll’d. culata and Q. se ilifolia, abounding in Croatia, down argument. Shak., Macbeth, v. 8, 50. Styria, ete. These galls are largely used for tanning Away with the wishy-washy school of sentiment in which throughout Austria, and to some extent in Germany. They 2. To ring or sound a knell for; warn or draw a knock-down argument is thought of with the same horare also used in dyeing. Also knopper-gall. by the sound of a bell. ror as a knock-down blow! knopweed (nop’ wed), 7. Same as knapweed, 2. J. Wilson, Noctes Ambrosiane, Dec., 1834. And his tongue knort, ”. An obsolete form of knur. Sounds ever after as a sullen bell, 2. Constructed so as to be readily knocked Remember’d knolling a departing friend. knorned}, a. See knurned. down or taken apart for convenience in trans- Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 1, 103 (Knight), knorrish (nor’ish), a. [ E. node, q. v.), can be lifted and allowed to fall against a metal plate or stud, giving a sharp blow. It has now generally given knob, protuberance, a turnip, = MHG. knolle, these kindred forms being place to the door-bell. G. knollen, a knoll, clod, lump, knot, = Norw. somewhat complicated. It [the front door] was ornamented with a gorgeous bra knoll = Dan. knold, a knoll, = Sw. knol, a bump; Hence knit, and, through knocker, curiously wrought, sometimes in the device of a prob. of Celtic origin: