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Webster 1913 Edition
Nock
1.
A notch.
He took his arrow by the
nock
. Chapman.
2.
(Naut.)
The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nock
,Verb.
T.
To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.
Chapman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nock
NOCK
,Noun.
NOCK
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
nock
nock
English
Noun
nock (plural nocks)
- Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
- The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
- Chapman
- He took his arrow by the nock.
- Chapman
- (nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
- Misspelling of knock.
Translations
the notch at the rear of an arrow
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Verb
nock (third-person singular simple present nocks, present participle nocking, simple past and past participle nocked)
- (transitive) To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
- (transitive) To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).