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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A bud or unopened leaf or flower, or an architectural ornament resembling a bud; a knob.

Wiktionary

  1. n. architecture Alternative form of knop.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Arch.) Same as knop, 2.

Etymologies

  1. Compare German knospe bud, English knop, knar. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “A knosp is an architectural ornament in form of a bud. lines 111-12.”

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  • she Someone needs a nacket. Jul 11, 2008

  • bilby Sounds like you missed breakfast, sionnach. Jul 11, 2008

  • sionnach It seems like it should be related to the German word knusprig, meaning 'crispy', but I guess not.

    (maybe knusprig means 'crunchy', though I think that's knackig) Jul 11, 2008

  • she An architectural ornament in the form of a bud or knob. Jul 11, 2008

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