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Knob :: Knob (n.) See Knop.

Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.

Knappy :: Knappy (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.

Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small knoblike prominence or excrescence, whether natural or morbid; as, a tubercle on a plant; a tubercle on a bone; the tubercles appearing on the body in leprosy..

Hemacite :: Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc..

Knapweed :: Knapweed (n.) The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..

Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

Leyden Phial :: Leyden phial () A glass jar or bottle used to accumulate electricity. It is coated with tin foil, within and without, nearly to its top, and is surmounted by a brass knob which communicates with the inner coating, for the purpose of charging it with electricity. It is so named from having been invented in Leyden, Holland..

Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances..

Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Cobiron :: Cobiron (n.) An andiron with a knob at the top.

Capitellate :: Capitellate (a.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula..

Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Irregular; stubborn in particulars.

Knobbed :: Knobbed (a.) Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna.

Kaleidophone :: Kaleidophone () An instrument invented by Professor Wheatstone, consisting of a reflecting knob at the end of a vibrating rod or thin plate, for making visible, in the motion of a point of light reflected from the knob, the paths or curves corresponding with the musical notes produced by the vibrations..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim)..

Knobstick :: Knobstick (n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union..

Stud :: Stud (n.) A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss..

Pommelion :: Pommelion (n.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon..

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