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A notch. He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.

plate, or griddle; -- used in Scotland and the northern counties of England. Jamieson. Bannock fluke, the turbot. [Scot.]

A coarse sort of damask, originally made at Tournay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor. [Local, Eng.]

Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation.

r be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another. Bacon.

A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.

Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. [Written also knack-kneed.]

That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off.

Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out.

Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, etc. [Slang, U. S.]

Marked by knocking about or roughness.

A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.

One who, or that which, knocks; specifically, an instrument, or kind of hammer, fastened to a door, to be used in seeking for admittance. Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigued, knocker; say I'm sick, I'm dead. Pope.

A beating; a rap; a series of raps. The . . . repeated knockings of the head upon the ground by the Chinese worshiper. H. Spencer.

Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

A block upon which ore is broken up.

See Pend.

The hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]

The blue titmouse. [Prov. Eng.]