Definition of knob

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

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Knob :: Knob (v. i.) To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
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..
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..
Handle :: Handle (n.) That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a door, the bail of a kettle, etc..
Knob :: Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
Tappit Hen :: Tappit hen () A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, thought to resemble a crested hen..
Bunchiness :: Bunchiness (n.) The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
Boss :: Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood..
Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
Hemacite :: Hemacite (n.) A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc..
Knappy :: Knappy (a.) Having knaps; full of protuberances or humps; knobby.
Caput :: Caput (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum..
Knob :: Knob (n.) See Knop.
Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].
Knob :: Knob (n.) A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone..
Node :: Node (n.) A knot, a knob; a protuberance; a swelling..
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