Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNOLL'ER, n.

One who tolls a bell. – Sherwood.

KNOLL'ING, ppr.

Ringing, as a bell.

KNOOT, n. [noot.]

A punishment in Russia, inflicted with a whip. [See Knout; but this is the true pronunciation.]

KNOP, n. [nop; a different spelling of knap or nob.]

A knob; a tufted top; a bud; a bunch; a button.

KNOP'PED, a. [nop'ped.]

Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons.

KNOP'PERN, n.

Excrescences produced by the puncture of insects on the flower cups of the oak. – Ure.

KNOT, n. [not; Sax. cnotta; G. knoten; D. knot; Sw. knota; Dan. knude; L. nodus; probably connected with knit, but perhaps from swelling or gathering.]

1. The complication of threads made by knitting; a tie; union of cords by interweaving; as, a knot difficult to be untied.
2. Any figure, the lines of which frequently intersect each other; as, a knot in gardening. In beds and curious knots. – Milton.
3. A bond of association or union; as, the nuptial knot.
4. The part of a tree where a branch shoots.
5. The protuberant joint of a plant. – Martyn.
6. A cluster; a collection; a group; as, a knot of ladies; a knot of figures in painting.
7. Difficulty; intricacy; something not easily solved. – South.
8. Any intrigue or difficult perplexity of affairs. – Dryden.
9. A bird of the genus Tringa.
10. An epaulet.
11. In seamen's language, a division of the logline, which answers to half a minute, as a mile does to an hour, or it is hundred-and-twentieth part of a mile. Hence, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, she is said to go eight knots. – Mar. Dict.

KNOT, v.i. [not.]

1. To form knots or joints, as in plants.
2. To knit knots for fringe.

KNOT, v.t. [not.]

1. To complicate or tie in a knot or knots; to form a knot.
2. To entangle; to perplex.
3. To unite closely. – Bacon.

KNOT'BER-RY, n. [not'berry.]

A plant of the genus Rubus.

KNOT'GRASS, n. [not'grass.]

The name of several species of plants, so denominated from the joints of the stem. The common knotgrass is the Polygonum aviculare.

KNOT'LESS, a. [not'less.]

Free from knots; without knots. – Martyn.

KNOT'TED, a.¹ [not'ted.]

1. Full of knots; having knots; as, the knotted oak. – Dryden.
2. Having intersecting figures. – Shak.

KNOT'TED, a.²

In geology, a term applied to rocks characterized by small detached points chiefly composed of mica, less decomposable than the mass of the rock, and forming knots in relief on the weathered surface. – Percival's Geol.

KNOT'TI-NESS, n. [not'tiness. from knotty.]

1. Fullness of knots; the quality of having many knots or swellings.
2. Difficulty of solution; intricacy.

KNOT'TING, ppr.

Entangling; uniting closely.

KNOT'TY, a. [not'ty.]

1. Full of knots; having many knots; as, knotty timber.
2. Hard; rugged; as, a knotty head. – Rowe.
3. Difficult; intricate; perplexed; as, a knotty question or point.

KNOUT, n. [nout.]

A punishment in Russia, inflicted with a whip.

KNOW, v.i. [no.]

1. To have clear and certain perception; not to be doubtful; sometimes with of. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. – John vii.
2. To be informed. Sir John must not know of it. – Shak.
3. To take cognizance of; to examine. Know of your youth … examine well your blood. – Shak.

KNOW, v.t. [no; pret. knew; pp. known. Sax. cnawan; Russ. znayu, with a prefix. This is probably from the same original as the L. nosco, cognosco, Gr. γινωσκω, although much varied in orthography. Nosco makes novi, which, with g or c prefixed, gnovi or cnovi, would coincide with know, knew. So L. cresco, crevi, coincides with grow, grew. The radical sense of knowing is generally to take, receive, or hold.]

1. To perceive with certainty; to understand clearly; to have a clear and certain perception of truth, fact, or any thing that actually exists. To know a thing precludes all doubt or uncertainty of its existence. We know what we see with our eyes, or perceive by other senses. We know that fire and water are different substances. We know that truth and falsehood express ideas incompatible with each other. We know that a circle is not a square. We do not know the truth of reports, nor can we always know what to believe.
2. To be informed of; to be taught. It is not unusual for us to say we know things from information, when we rely on the veracity of the informer.
3. To distinguish; as, to know one man from another. We know a fixed star from a planet by its twinkling.
4. To recognize by recollection, remembrance, representation or description. We do not always know a person after a long absence. We sometimes know a man by having seen his portrait, or having heard him described.
5. To be no stranger to; to be familiar. This man is well known to us.
6. In Scripture, to have sexual commerce with. – Gen. iv.
7. To approve. The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous. – Ps. i.
8. To learn. – Prov. i.
9. To acknowledge with due respect. – 1 Thess. v.
10. To choose; to favor or take an interest in. – Amos iii.
11. To commit; to have. He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin. – 2 Cor.
12. To have full assurance of; to have satisfactory evidence of any thing, though short of certainty.

KNOW-A-BLE, a. [no'able.]

That may be known; that may be discovered, understood, or ascertained. – Locke. Bentley.

KNOW-ER, n. [no'er.]

One who knows.

KNOW-ING, n. [no'ing.]

Knowledge. – Shak.

KNOW-ING, ppr. [no'ing.]

1. Having clear and certain perception of.
2. adj. Skillful; well informed; well instructed; as, a knowing man. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. – South.
3. Conscious; intelligent. A knowing prudent cause. – Blackmore.

KNOW-ING-LY, adv. [no'ingly.]

With knowledge. He would not knowingly offend.