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  • noun Plural form of knosp.

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Examples

  • The Lady of Lochleven sat alone in her chamber, endeavouring with sincere but imperfect zeal, to fix her eyes and her attention on the black-lettered Bible which lay before her, bound in velvet and embroidery, and adorned with massive silver clasps and knosps.

    The Abbot 2008

  • The walls were of hewn stone, faced within with cedar which was richly carved with knosps and flowers; the ceiling was of fir-tree.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

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