knop

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  1. noun A small decorative knob or boss.

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  1. Middle English knopp, knoppe, from Old English cnop.

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  1. Formerly also cnop; from Middle English knop, knoppe, from Anglo-Saxon *cnop = Dutch knop, a knob, bud, = Old High German chnopf, cnopf, chnoph, Middle High German knoph, knopf, German knopf = Danish knop = Swedish knopp, bud, knop, knop, button, stud (cf. Danish knob, a knot, bend, nautical knot). Also in variant forms knob (q. v.) and knap, Middle English cnap, from Anglo-Saxon cnæp = Icelandic knappr = Danish knap, a knop, knob: see knap; cf. also Dutch knoop = Middle Low German Low German knōp = Middle High German knouf, German knauf (Middle High German diminutive knoufel, knöufel), a knob, button. See also knosp.
  2. from Middle English knoppen; from knop, n.
 

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