Knack, n. 1. A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
A knack, a toy, a trick, a baby's cap.
Shak.
2. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill;
facility; dexterity.
The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears.
B. Jonson.
The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme.
Swift.
3. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity;
a trick; a device. "The knacks of japers." Chaucer.
For how should equal colors do the knack !
Pope.
Knack"er (?), n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. Mortimer.
2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the
fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also
clapper. Halliwell.
Knack"er, n. [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle.] 1. a harness maker. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's
meat. [Eng.]
Knack"ish, a. Trickish; artful. [Obs.] -- Knack"ish*ness, n. [Obs.] Dr.
H. More.
Knack"-kneed` (?), a. See Knock-kneed.
Knack"y (?), a. Having a knack; cunning; crafty; trickish. [Prov. Eng.
& Scot.] Halliwell.
Knag (?), n. [Cf. Prov. G. knagge a knot in wood, Sw. knagg, Dan. knag
a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. cnag peg, knob.] 1. A
knot in wood; a protuberance. Wright.