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<blockquote>The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of <b>knack</b> at rhyme. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.</def> "The <i>knacks</i> of japers."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>For how should equal colors do the <b>knack</b> ! <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knacker</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also <altname>clapper</altname>.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knacker</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel.<ets>hnakkr</ets> a saddle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>a harness maker.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Knackish</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Trickish; artful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Knack"ish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Dr. H. More</i>.</wordforms>

<h1>Knack-kneed</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack"-kneed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Knock-kneed</er>.</def>

<h1>Knacky</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knack"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knag</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knag</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Prov. G. <ets>knagge</ets> a knot in wood, Sw. <ets>knagg</ets>, Dan. <ets>knag</ets> a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. <ets>cnag</ets> peg, knob.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A knot in wood; a protuberance.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A wooden peg for hanging things on.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The prong of an antler</def>

<i>Holland.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The rugged top of a hill.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>