Part 6291

<blockquote>Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, <-I said; Tie up the <b>knocker</b>; say I'm sick, I'm dead. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knocking</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A beating; a rap; a series of raps.</def>

<blockquote>The . . . repeated <b>knockings</b> of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. <i>H. Spencer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knockings</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"ings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.</def>

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

<hw>Knock"-knee`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.</def>

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

<hw>Knock"-kneed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>knack-kneed</asp>.]</altsp>

<-- knockoff. a cheap imitation of something popular, often produced illegally and of inferior materials. -->

<h1>Knockstone</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knock"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A block upon which ore is broken up.</def>

<h1>Knoll</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knoll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cnoll</ets>; akin to G. <ets>knolle</ets>, <ets>knollen</ets>, clod, lump, knob, bunch, OD. <ets>knolle</ets> ball, bunch, Sw. <ets>kn\'94l</ets>, Dan. <ets>knold</ets>.]</ety> <def>A little round hill; a mound; a small elevation of earth; the top or crown of a hill.</def>

<blockquote>On <b>knoll</b> or hillock rears his crest, Lonely and huge, the giant oak. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knoll</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knoll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Knolled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Knolling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>knollen</ets>, AS. <ets>cnyllan</ets>. See <er>Knell</er>.]</ety> <def>To ring, as a bell; to strike a knell upon; to toll; to proclaim, or summon, by ringing.</def> "<i>Knolled</i> to church."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>Heavy clocks <b>knolling</b> the drowsy hours. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knoll</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knoll</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To sound, as a bell; to knell.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>For a departed being's soul The death hymn peals, and the hollow bells <b>knoll</b>. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Knoll</h1> <Xpage=816>

<hw>Knoll</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The tolling of a bell; a knell.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Knoller</h1> <Xpage=816>