knop

[ nop ]

noun

1. a small knob or similar rounded protuberance, especially for ornament.

knop

/ nɒp /

noun

1. archaic.
   a knob, esp an ornamental one

Word History and Origins

Origin of knop¹

1325–75; Middle English; Old English cnop; cognate with Dutch knop, German Knopf

Word History and Origins

Origin of knop¹

C14: from Germanic; compare Middle Dutch cnoppe bud, Old High German knopf

Example Sentences

So look to it that thou smite great strokes, lest our hall lack a gable-knop.

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Many of the choir books are medival, with large knops at their angles, and a piece of fringed leather under each knop.

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For its determination Knop's sodic hypobromite method, on account of its convenience, is now generally preferred.

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Hewitt calls attention to the knop, or button, surmounting the helmet, as a peculiarity.

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Dworzak noted the occurrence of traces of this element in wheat grown along the Nile, and Knop found it in the soil.

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