Part 6284

<hw>Knell</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To summon, as by a knell.</def>

<blockquote>Each matin bell, the baron saith, <b>Knells</b> us back to a world of death. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knelt</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knelt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Kneel</er>.</def>

<h1>Knew</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp.</tt> <def>of <er>Know</er>.</def>

<h1>Knicker</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knick"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>knikker</ets>.]</ety> <def>A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & U. S.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell. Bartlett. </i>

<h1>Knickerbockers</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knick"er*bock`ers</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.</def>

<h1>Knickknack</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knick"knack`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Knack</er>.]</ety> <def>A trifle or toy; a bawble; a gewgaw.</def>

<h1>Knickknackatory</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knick"knack`a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A collection of knickknacks.</def>

<i>Richardson.</i>

<h1>Knickknackery</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knick"knack`er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Knickknacks.</def>

<h1>Knife</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knife</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Knives</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>knif</ets>, AS. <ets>cn\'c6f</ets>; akin to D. <ets>knijf</ets>, Icel. <ets>kn\'c6fr</ets>, Sw. <ets>knif</ets>, Dan. <ets>kniv</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; <as>as, table <ex>knife</ex>, drawing <ex>knife</ex>, putty <ex>knife</ex>, pallet <ex>knife</ex>, pocket<ex>knife</ex>, pen<ex>knife</ex>, chopping <ex>knife</ex>, <ex>etc.</ex> /as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sword or dagger.</def>

<blockquote>The coward conquest of a wretch's <b>knife</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Knife grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>a tropical American sedge (<spn>Scleria latifolia</spn>), having leaves with a very sharp and hard edge, like a knife.</cd> -- <col>War to the knife</col>, <cd>mortal combat; a conflict carried to the last extremity.</cd></cs>

<h1>Knife</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knife</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knifed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knifing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Hort.)</fld> <def>To prune with the knife.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut or stab with a knife.</def> <mark></mark>

<h1>Knifeboard</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knife"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.</def>