Knag"ged (?), a. Full of knots; knaggy.
Knag"gy (?), a. Knotty; rough; figuratively, rough in temper. Fuller.
-- Knag"gi*ness (#), n.
Knap (?), n. [AS. cnæp, cnæpp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr
knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir. cnap knob, button,
and E. knop.] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence,
rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
The highest part and knap of the same island.
Holland.
Knap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knapping.] [D.
knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
Dr. H. More.
He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.