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Webster 1913 Edition


Knop

Knop

(nŏp)
,
Noun.
[OE.
knop
,
knoppe
; cf. D.
knop
,
knoop
, G.
knopf
, Dan.
knap
,
knop
, Sw.
knapp
,
knopp
, button, bud, Icel.
knappr
, and E.
knap
,
Noun.
Cf.
Knap
,
Knob
.]
1.
A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their
knops
and their flowers.
Ex. xxv. 21.
2.
(Arch.)
Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with
finial
; – called also
knob
, and
knosp
.
Knop sedge
(Bot.)
,
the bur reed (
Sparganium
); – so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.
Prior.

Webster 1828 Edition


Knop

KNOP

,
Noun.
nop.
[a different spelling of knap or nob.]
A knob; a tufted top; a bud; a bunch; a button.