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Knob \Knob\, v. i.
To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]
--Drant.
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Knob \Knob\, n. [A modification of knop. Cf. {Nob}.]
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a
lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
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2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock,
door, or drawer. --Chaucer.
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3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.]
--Bartlett.
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4. (Arch.) See {Knop}.
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{Knob latch}, a latch which can be operated by turning a
knob, without using a key.
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Knop \Knop\ (n[o^]p), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop,
G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud,
Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. {Knap}, {Knob}.]
1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
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Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops
and their flowers. --Ex. xxv. 21.
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2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp.,
the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then
synonymous with {finial}; -- called also {knob}, and
{knosp}.
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{Knop sedge} (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium}); -- so
called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.
--Prior.
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