Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KNOWL'EDGE, n. [nol'lej; Chaucer, knowleching, from knowleche, to acknowledge. Qu. the sense of lech.]

1. 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.
2. Learning; illumination of mind. Ignorance is the curse of God, / Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. – Shak.
3. Skill; as, a knowledge of seamanship.
4. Acquaintance with any fact or person. I have no knowledge of the man or thing.
5. Cognizance; notice. – Ruth ii.
6. Information; power of knowing. – Sidney.
7. 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.]

1. The joint of a finger, particularly when protuberant by the closing of the fingers.
2. The knee joint of a calf; as, a knuckle of veal.
3. 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.