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Protuberance :: Protuberance (n.) That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.

Capitulum :: Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.].

Knap :: Knap (n.) A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop..

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

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..

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..

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..

Crocket :: Crocket (n.) A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler..

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

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..

Pommel :: Pommel (n.) A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in for.

Knob :: Knob (n.) A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer..

Warted :: Warted (a.) Having little knobs on the surface; verrucose; as, a warted capsule..

Heel :: Heel (n.) Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.

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

Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

Mouse :: Mouse (n.) A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping.

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

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