Hypertext Webster Gateway: "knap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knap \Knap\, n. [AS. cn[ae]p, cn[ae]pp, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knap \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. --Ps. xlvi. 9
(Book of
Common
Prayer.)
2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knap \Knap\, v. i.
To make a sound of snapping. --Wiseman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knap \Knap\, n.
A sharp blow or slap. --Halliwell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knap
v 1: strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles" [syn: {rap}]
2: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
tooth" [syn: {chip}, {cut off}, {break off}]
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