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<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knagged</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knag"ged</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of knots; knaggy.</def>

<h1>Knaggy</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knag"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper.</def> <i>Fuller</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Knag"gi*ness</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Knap</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cn\'91p</ets>, <ets>cn\'91pp</ets>, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. <ets>knappr</ets> knob, Sw. <ets>knapp</ets>, Dan. <ets>knap</ets> button, W., Gael., & Ir. <ets>cnap</ets> knob, button, and E. <ets>knop</ets>.]</ety> <def>A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See <er>Knob</er>, and <er>Knop</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The highest part and <b>knap</b> of the same island. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knap</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knapped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knapping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[D. <ets>knappen</ets> to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bite; to bite off; to break short.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]</mark>

<blockquote>He will <b>knap</b> the spears apieces with his teeth. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He breaketh the bow, and <b>knappeth</b> the spear in sunder. <i>Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Knap</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a sound of snapping.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Knap</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sharp blow or slap.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Knapbottle</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap"bot`tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The bladder campion (<spn>Silene inflata</spn>).</def>

<h1>Knappish</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap"pish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Knap</er> to strike.]</ety> <def>Snappish; peevish.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Grafton.</i>

<h1>Knapple</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knap"ple</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[Freq. of <ets>knap</ets>, <tt>v.</tt>, cf. D. <ets>knabbelen</ets> to gnaw.]</ety> <def>To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Knappy</h1> <Xpage=816>