Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small decorative knob or boss.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A small rounded projection; a stud; a button; a knob.
- n. A bud.
- n. Eccles., a bulb on the stem of a chalice for convenience in holding it. It is found in some of the earliest known chalices.
- n. In architecture, same as knob.
- n. A large tub. [Prov. Eng.]
- To adorn with buttons, knobs, or projections of any sort.
- n. A loop or tuft in two- (or more) ply yarn produced in doubling for ornamental purposes.
Wiktionary
- n. A knob, usually ornamental
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
- n. Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with
finial ; -- called alsoknob , andknosp .
Etymologies
- Middle English knopp, knoppe, from Old English cnop.
Examples
“Nope, I knop that the Bush administration is full of scandals too.”
“And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.”
“And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.”
“Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.”
“Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.”
“And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it.”
“And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.”
“Above the knop the shaft has simpler treatment, being worked with quatrefoils in square panels, all in relief.”
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.
“The knop of the shaft is encircled with eight elaborately wrought bosses, ornamented with garnets and sapphires in gold settings.”
Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885.
“In the Treasury are several pieces of plate, among which is a Renaissance chalice, with six canopied statuettes of Apostles forming the knop; and a cross of the same period, a châsse of St. Gildas, his head and arm both encased in silver reliquaries.”
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reesetee A usually bulbous part of the stem of a glass, hollow or solid, used either singly or in groups, placed contiguously or with intermediate spacing. Also, the finial at the center of a lid. Nov 9, 2007