KNOB

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

2.
n.

A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Chaucer.

3.
n.

A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett.

4.
n.

See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.

5.
v.

To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.] Drant.


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