Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: KNOWL'EDGE – KRAG
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KNOWL'EDGE, n. [nol'lej; Chaucer, knowleching, from knowleche, to acknowledge. Qu. the sense of lech.]
- A clear and certain perception of that which exists, or of truth and fact; the perception of the connection and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of our ideas. – Encyc. Locke. We can have no knowledge of that which does not exist. God has a perfect knowledge of all his works. Human knowledge is very limited, and is mostly gained by observation and experience.
- Learning; illumination of mind. Ignorance is the curse of God, / Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. – Shak.
- Skill; as, a knowledge of seamanship.
- Acquaintance with any fact or person. I have no knowledge of the man or thing.
- Cognizance; notice. – Ruth ii.
- Information; power of knowing. – Sidney.
- Sexual intercourse. But it is usual to prefix carnal; as, carnal knowledge.
KNOWL'EDGE, v. [for Acknowledge or Avow, is not used.]
– Bacon.
KNUB, or KNUB'BLE, v.t. [nub, nub'ble.]
To beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Not used.]
KNUCK'LE, n. [nuk'l; Sax. cnucl; G. knöchel; D. kneukel; W. cnuc; a joint or junction; cnuciaw, to join, to couple.]
- The joint of a finger, particularly when protuberant by the closing of the fingers.
- The knee joint of a calf; as, a knuckle of veal.
- The joint of a plant. [Not used.] – Bacon.
KNUCK'LE, v.i. [nuk'l.]
To yield; to submit in contest to an antagonist.
KNUCK'LED, a.
Jointed. – Bacon.
KNUFF, n. [nuff.]
A lout; a clown. [Not used.]
KNUR, or KNURL, n. [nur, nurle; G. knorren, a knot, a knag, a gnar.]
A knot; a hard substance. – Woodward.
KNUR'LED, a. [nurl'ed.]
Full of knots.
KNUR'LY, a. [nur'ly; from knur.]
Full of knots; hard. This seems to be the same as gnarly.
KNUR'RY, a. [nur'ry.]
Full of knots.
KO'BA, n.
A mammal of the tribe Capridæ, the Damaliskoba, an animal resembling an antelope, of a size equal to a stag, and found in Central Africa.
KOH, n. [Pers. koh, G. kuh, D. koe, Dan. koe, Sw. ko, a cow. It is remarkable that our farmers have retained the exact pronunciation of this word from the earliest ages.]
Cow; the word used in calling cows.
KO'KOB, n.
A venomous serpent of America.
KOL'LY-RITE, n. [Gr. κολλυριον.]
A variety of clay whose color is pure white, or with a shade of gray, red or yellow. – Cleaveland.
KOM'MA-NIC, n.
The crested lark of Germany.
KON'IL-ITE, n. [Gr. κονος, dust, and λιθος, a stone.]
A mineral in the form of a loose powder, consisting chiefly of silex, and remarkably fusible. – Phillips.
KO'NITE, n. [See CONITE.]
KO'PECK, n.
A Russian coin, about the value of a cent.
KO'RAN, n. [Pronounced by oriental scholars korawn; Ar. قُرْاَنٌ koranan, from قَرأ kara, to read, to call, to teach.]
The Mohammedan book of faith; the alkoran.
KO'RET, n.
A delicious fish of the East Indies.
KO'RIN, n.
Antilope Corinna, by some supposed to be a variety of Antilope Dorcas; an antelope of central Africa, considerably less than the roe-buck.
KOUPH'O-LITE, n. [Gr. κουφος, light, and λιθος, stone.]
A mineral, regarded as a variety of prehnite. It occurs in minute rhomboidal plates, of a greenish or yellowish white, translucid, glistening and pearly. It is found in the Pyrenees. – Cleaveland.
KRAAL, n.
In the southern part of Africa, among the Hottentots, a village; a collection of huts.
KRAG, n.
A species of argillaceous earth.