Knob

·noun ·see Knop.

II. Knob ·noun A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.

III. Knob ·vi To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.

IV. Knob ·noun A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.

V. Knob ·noun A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

knob
The head. See nob. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
knob
In Kentucky, round hills or knolls are called knobs. Approaching Galena, the country becomes still ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
knob
, or knobbe. An officer; perhaps from the Scotch term knabbie, the lower class of gentry. ...

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