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Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.

Handle :: Handle (n.) That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc..

Pommelion :: Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A knob, lump, swelling, or protuberance..

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..

Knop :: Knop (n.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp..

Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..

Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..

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..

Pommel :: Pommel (n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

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

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..

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..

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.

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.].

Knappy :: Knappy (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

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

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

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 (v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

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