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Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances..

Bell Jar :: Bell jar () A glass vessel, varying in size, open at the bottom and closed at the top like a bell, and having a knob or handle at the top for lifting it. It is used for a great variety of purposes; as, with the air pump, and for holding gases, also for keeping the dust from articles exposed to view..

Pull :: Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head.

Hemacite :: Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc..

Keno :: Keno (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered..

Knob :: Knob (n.) See Knop.

Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..

Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].

Knapweed :: Knapweed (n.) The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

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)..

Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..

Stud :: Stud (v. t.) To adorn with shining studs, or knobs..

Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..

Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Capitellate :: Capitellate (a.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula..

Knobber :: Knobber (n.) See Knobbler.

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..

Knobbed :: Knobbed (a.) Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].

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