knock

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• Knock

  ·noun A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. II. Knock ·vt To strike for admittance; to rap ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Knock

  "Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room,...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Knock-knee

  ·noun A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Knock-kneed

  ·adj Having the legs bent inward so that the knees touch in walking. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Knock-off

  ·add. ·adj That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off. II. Knock-off ·add. ·noun Act or plac...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Knock-out

  ·add. ·noun Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out. II. Knock-out ·add. ·adj That knock...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• to knock anthony

  Said of an in-kneed person, or one whose knees knock together; to cuff Jonas. See *jonas. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• knock-down

  v. generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink. 1869. Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic P...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• to knock down

  A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock round

  To go about. I'm going to New York and Boston, and all about thar, and spend the summer until picki...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock under

  A common expression to denote that one yields or submits.--Johnson. For ten times ten, and that's a...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• to knock up

  To wear out with fatigue.--Halliwell. It is the constant labour, unvaried by the least relaxation, ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Knock-out drops

  ·add. ·- Drops of some drug put in one's drink to stupefy him for purpose of robbery, ·etc. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• knock me down

  Strong ale or beer, stingo. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• to knock a man over

  to knock him down. North. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• knock off work and carry deals

  A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...

  The Sailor's Word-Book