knap

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Beach says he travels to more than 30 events like the knap-in at Moundville this weekend, where he both shares his skills and sells selected pieces to the public.

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  1. transitive verb To break or chip (stone) with sharp blows, as in shaping flint or obsidian into tools.
  2. transitive verb Chiefly British To strike sharply; rap.
  3. transitive verb Chiefly British To snap at or bite.

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  • Of course the land monsters weren't bound, but most of them lacked the wit to foal-knap him; they would simply eat him and be done with it. —  Volk
  • Near her was his fallen knap- She turned to face the screen. —  Demons Don't Dream
  • Modern knappers might also recognize one another's work, but they are likely to see it on the Internet, or at one of the "knap-ins" held around the country. —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • Beach says he travels to more than 30 events like the knap-in at Moundville this weekend, where he both shares his skills and sells selected pieces to the public. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
  • Betsy Irwin, education outreach coordinator for the park, said she expects about 30 artists and craftsmen at the knap-in and several hundred visitors at the event. —  news | TL | http://www.tuscaloosanews.com
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  1. Middle English knappen, probably of imitative origin.

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  1. Also gnap; from Middle English *knappen, gnappen = Dutch knappen, snap, crack, crush, eat, = German knappen, snap, crack, crunch, = Danish kneppe = Swedish knäppa, snap; cf. Gael, cnap, strike, beat, thump, = Irish cnapaim, strike; a series of words parallel to knack, etc.: see knack. Hence ult. knob, knap, knop, etc.
  2. Also gnap; from Middle English knap (= Low German knap = Danish knep = Swedish knäpp), a snap, crack: from the verb.
  3. from Middle English knap, a knop, from Anglo-Saxon cnaep, a hilltop, = OFries. knap = Icelandic knappr = Swedish knapp = Danish knap, a knob, button, stud; a variant of knop, q. v.; apparently of Celtic origin: W. cnap, a knob, = Gael, cnap, a knob, button, boss, stud, hillock, = Irish cnap, a knob, hillock, prob. from cnapaim, I strike: see knap, v. Hence nap and nape.
 

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