Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nock"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nock \Nock\, n. [See {Notch}.]
1. A notch.
He took his arrow by the nock. --Chapman.
2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a
trysail.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nock \Nock\, v. t.
To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a
bow. --Chapman.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nock
v : make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before
firing it" [syn: {score}, {mark}]
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