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   Knob (?), n. [A modification of knop.  Cf. Nob.]
   1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, “a knob in the flesh, or on a bone”.
   
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   2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, “the knob of a lock, door, or drawer”.  Chaucer.
   
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   3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, “the Pilot Knob”. [U. S.]  Bartlett.
   
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   4. (Arch.) See Knop.
   
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   Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key.
   
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   Knob, v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [Obs.]  Drant.
   
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   Knop (nŏp), n. [OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob.]
   1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
   
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   Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. Ex. xxv. 21.
   
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   2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
   
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   Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels.  Prior.
   
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