Definition of knob

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Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..

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Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.
Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].
Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in for.
Hemacite :: Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc..
Knobber :: Knobber (n.) See Knobbler.
Croche :: Croche (n.) A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..
Knobstick :: Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union..
Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth..
Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A thick knob or protuberance left on glass by the end of the pipe through which it was blown.
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..
Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
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..
Keno :: Keno (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler..
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