Definition of knob

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Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..

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Ironheads :: Ironheads (n.) A European composite herb (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball fixed on a long handle.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler..
Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Knob :: Knob (v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
Tuberous :: Tuberous (a.) Covered with knobby or wartlike prominences; knobbed.
Knobbling Fire :: Knobbling fire () A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.
Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen..
Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Bottone :: Bottone (a.) Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons..
Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].
Knurl :: Knurl (v. t.) To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill..
Hair :: Hair (n.) An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)..
Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Snob :: Snob (n.) A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick..
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