Definition of knob

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Knob (n.) A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob..

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Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.
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..
Bunch :: Bunch (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To form into little burs, prominences, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth..
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..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Pull :: Pull (n.) A knob, handle, or lever, etc., by which anything is pulled; as, a drawer pull; a bell pull..
Knobby :: Knobby (a.) Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly.
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.
Cascabel :: Cascabel (n.) The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.].
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler..
Tuberosity :: Tuberosity (n.) An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.
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..
Caput :: Caput (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum..
Snob :: Snob (n.) A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick..
Pommel :: Pommel (n.) A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in for.
Keno :: Keno (n.) A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered..
Button :: Button (n.) A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass..
Knop :: Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
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..
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