Part 6290

<h1>Knobstick</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knob"stick`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.</def> <mark>[Cant, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Knock</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knocked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knocking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>knoken</ets>, AS. <ets>cnocian</ets>, <ets>cnucian</ets>; prob. of imitative origin; cf. Sw. <ets>knacka</ets>.Cf. <er>Knack</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; <as>as, one heavy body <ex>knocks</ex> against another</as>.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; <as>as, to <ex>knock</ex> with a club; to <ex>knock</ex> on the door.</as></def>

<blockquote>For harbor at a thousand doors they <b>knocked</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Seek, and ye shall find; <b>knock</b>, and it shall be opened unto you. <i>Matt. vii. 7.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To knock about</col>, <cd>to go about, taking knocks or rough usage; to wander about; to saunter. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "<i>Knocking about town<i>." <i>W. Irving</i>.</cd> -- <col>To knock up</col>, <cd>to fail of strength; to become wearied or worn out, as with labor; to give out. "The horses were beginning to <i>knock up<i> under the fatigue of such severe service." <i>De Quincey</i>.</cd><-- (b) to make pregnant (vulgar) --> -- <col>To knock off</col>, <cd>to cease, as from work; to desist.</cd> -- <col>To knock under</col>, <cd>to yield; to submit; to acknowledge one's self conquered; -- an expression probably borrowed from the practice of <i>knocking under the table<i> with the knuckles, when conquered. "Colonel Esmond <i>knocked under<i> to his fate." <i>Thackeray</i>.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Knock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; <as>as, to <ex>knock</ex> a ball with a bat; to <ex>knock</ex> the head against a post; to <ex>knock</ex> a lamp off the table.</as></def>

<blockquote>When heroes <b>knock</b> their knotty heads together. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.</def>

<blockquote>Master, <b>knock</b> the door hard. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To knock down</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To strike down; to fell; to prostrate by a blow or by blows; as, <i>to knock down<i> an assailant</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow or knock; to knock off.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To knock in the head</col>, &or; <col>on the head</col>, <cd>to stun or kill by a blow upon the head; hence, to put am end to; to defeat, as a scheme or project; to frustrate; to quash.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To knock off</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To force off by a blow or by beating.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To assign to a bidder at an auction, by a blow on the counter</cd>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To leave off (work, etc.)</cd>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To knock out</col></mcol>, <cd>to force out by a blow or by blows; <as>as, to <ex>knock out<ex> the brains</as>.</cd> -- <col>To knock up</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To arouse by knocking</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To beat or tire out; to fatigue till unable to do more; as, the men were entirely <i>knocked up<i>. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "The day being exceedingly hot, the want of food had <i>knocked up<i> my followers." <i>Petherick</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Bookbinding)</fld> <cd>To make even at the edges, or to shape into book form, as printed sheets.</cd><-- (d) To make pregnant. [vulgar: Often used in passive, "she got knocked up"] --></cs>

<-- : Knock off (a) v. i. and t. to quit (working). (b) accomplish, frequently used when the task is accomplished rapidly. (c) (Coll.) to kill; to defeat (opponents). (d) to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price). (d) rob. (also "knock over") (e) to make a knockoff of; copy, imitate.-->

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<hw>Knock</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.</def> " A <i>knock</i> at the door."

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<blockquote>A loud cry or some great <b>knock</b>. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Knock off</col>, <cd>a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles.</cd></cs>

<h1>Knockdown</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"down`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.</def>

<h1>Knockdown</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"down`</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; <as>as, a <ex>knockdown</ex> blow; a <ex>knockdown</ex> argument.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Knocker</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance.</def>