KNACK, nak, _n._ a petty contrivance: a toy: a nice trick: dexterity,
adroitness.--_n._ KNACK'INESS.--_adjs._ KNACK'ISH, KNACK'Y, cunning,
crafty. [Orig. imit.; cf. Gael. _cnac_, Dut. _knak_, a crack, Ger.
_knacken_, to crack.]
KNACKER, nak'[.e]r, _n._ anything that knocks: (_pl._) castanets or
clappers, bones.
KNACKER, nak'[.e]r, _n._ a dealer in old horses and dog's-meat: (_prov._) a
collier's horse. [From Ice. _knakkr_, a saddle.]
KNAG, nag, _n._ a knot in wood: a peg.--_n._ KNAG'GINESS, state of being
knaggy.--_adj._ KNAG'GY, knotty: rugged. [From a root found in Ir. and
Gael. _cnag_, a knob; cf. Dan. _knag_, Ger. _knagge_.]
KNAP, nap, _v.t._ to snap or break with a snapping noise: to break in
pieces with blows, as stones: to bite off, nibble:--_pr.p._ knap'ping;
_pa.p._ knapped.--_ns._ KNAP'BOTTLE, the bladder-campion; KNAP'PER, one who
breaks stones, esp. one who breaks up flint-flakes for gun-flints;
KNAP'PING-HAMM'ER (_Scot._), a hammer for breaking stones.--_v.i._
KNAP'PLE, to nibble. [Dut. _knappen_, to crack or crush.]
KNAP, nap, _n._ (_Bacon_) a protuberance, a hillock.--_n._ KNAP'WEED, a
general name for plants of the genus _Centaurea_ of the composite
family--star-thistle, bachelor's buttons. [Conn. with _knob_, _knop_.]
KNAPSACK, nap'sak, _n._ a provision-sack: a case for necessaries borne by
soldiers and travellers. [Dut. _knappen_, to crack, eat, _zak_, a sack.]