Knowledge Knowl"edge noun [ Middle English
knowlage ,
knowlege ,
knowleche ,
knawleche . The last part is the Icelandic suffix
-leikr , forming abstract nouns, orig. the same as Icelandic
leikr game, play, sport, akin to Anglo-Saxon
lāc , Goth.
laiks dance. See
Know , and confer
Lake ,
intransitive verb ,
Lark a frolic.]
1. The act or state of knowing; clear perception of fact, truth, or duty; certain apprehension; familiar cognizance; cognition. Knowledge , which is the highest degree of the speculative faculties, consists in the perception of the truth of affirmative or negative propositions.
Locke. 2. That which is or may be known; the object of an act of knowing; a cognition; -- chiefly used in the plural. There is a great difference in the delivery of the mathematics, which are the most abstracted of knowledges .
Bacon. Knowledges is a term in frequent use by Bacon, and, though now obsolete, should be revived, as without it we are compelled to borrow "cognitions" to express its import.
Sir W. Hamilton. To use a word of Bacon's, now unfortunately obsolete, we must determine the relative value of knowledges .
H. Spencer. 3. That which is gained and preserved by knowing; instruction; acquaintance; enlightenment; learning; scholarship; erudition. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
1 Cor. viii. 1. Ignorance is the curse of God;
Knowledge , the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
Shak. 4. That familiarity which is gained by actual experience; practical skill; as, a knowledge of life. Shipmen that had knowledge of the sea.
1 Kings ix. 27. 5. Scope of information; cognizance; notice; as, it has not come to my knowledge . Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowledge of me?
Ruth ii. 10. 6. Sexual intercourse; -- usually preceded by carnal ; as, carnal knowledge . Syn. -- See
Wisdom .
Knowledge Knowl"edge transitive verb To acknowledge. [ Obsolete] "Sinners which
knowledge their sins."
Tyndale.
Known Known past participle of Know .
Knubs Knubs noun plural Waste silk formed in winding off the threads from a cocoon.
Knuckle Knuc"kle noun [ Middle English
knokel ,
knokil , Anglo-Saxon
cuncel ; akin to Dutch
knokkel , OFries.
knokele ,
knokle , German
knöchel , Swedish
knoge , Danish
knokkel , German
knochen bone, and perhaps to English
knock .]
1. The joint of a finger, particularly when made prominent by the closing of the fingers. Davenant. 2. The kneejoint, or middle joint, of either leg of a quadruped, especially of a calf; -- formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being. With weary knuckles on thy brim she kneeled sadly down.
Golding. 3. The joint of a plant. [ Obsolete]
Bacon. 4. (Mech.) The joining parts of a hinge through which the pin or rivet passes; a knuckle joint. 5. (Shipbuilding) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom. 6. A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; as, brass knuckles ; -- called also knuckle duster . [ Slang.]
Knuckle joint (Machinery) ,
a hinge joint, in which a projection with an eye, on one piece, enters a jaw between two corresponding projections with eyes, on another piece, and is retained by a pin which passes through the eyes and forms the pivot. --
Knuckle of veal (Cookery) ,
the lower part of a leg of veal, from the line of the body to the knuckle.
Knuckle Knuc"kle intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Knuckled ;;
present participle & verbal noun Knuckling .]
To yield; to submit; -- used with down , to , or under . To knuckle to .
(a) To submit to in a contest; to yield to . [ Colloq.] See
To knock under , under
Knock ,
intransitive verb (b) To apply one's self vigorously or earnestly to; as, to knuckle to work. [ Colloq.]
Knuckle Knuc"kle transitive verb To beat with the knuckles; to pommel. [ R.]
Horace Smith.
Knuckled Knuc"kled adjective Jointed. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Knuff Knuff (nŭf)
noun [ Confer
Gnof a churl.]
A lout; a clown. [ Obsolete]
The country knuffs , Hob, Dick, and Hick,
With clubs and clouted shoon.
Hayward.
Knur Knur (nûr)
noun [ See
Knurl .]
A knurl. Woodward.
Knurl Knurl (nûrl)
noun [ See
Knar ,
Gnar .]
A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. 2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
Knurl Knurl (nûrl)
transitive verb To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
Knurled Knurled (nûrld)
adjective 1. Full of knots; gnarled. 2. Milled, as the head of a screw, or the edge of a coin.
Knurly Knurl"y (nûrl"ȳ), [
Compar. Knurlier (-ĭ*ẽr);
superl. Knurliest .] [ See
Knur , and confer
Gnarly .]
Full of knots; hard; tough; hence, capable of enduring or resisting much.
Knurry Knur"ry adjective Full of knots. [ Obsolete]
Drayton.
Koaita Ko·ai"ta noun (Zoology) Same as Coaita .
Koala Ko·a"la noun A tailless marsupial ( Phascolarctos cinereus ), found in Australia. The female carries her young on the back of her neck. Called also Australian bear , native bear , and native sloth .
Kob, Koba Kob, Ko"ba noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus , esp. the species Kobus sing- sing .
Kobalt Ko"balt noun See Cobalt .
Kobellite Ko"bel·lite noun [ From Franz von
Kobell , of Munich.]
(Min.) A blackish gray mineral, a sulphide of antimony, bismuth, and lead.
Kobold Ko"bold noun [ G., perhaps orig., house god, hose protector. See
Cobalt ]
A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow.
Kodak Ko"dak noun A kind of portable camera.
Kodak Ko"dak noun [ An invented name.]
1. A kind of portable photographic camera, esp. adapted for snapshot work, in which a succession of negatives is made upon a continuous roll of sensitized film; -- a trade-mark name of the Eastman Kodak Company, but now popularly applied to almost any hand camera. 2. A photograph taken with a kodak.
Kodak Ko"dak transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Kodaked ;
present participle & verbal noun Kodaking .]
To photograph with a kodak; hence, to describe or characterize briefly and vividly.
Koel Ko"el noun [ Native name in India.]
(Zoology) Any one of several species of cuckoos of the genus Eudynamys , found in India, the East Indies, and Australia. They deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Koff Koff noun [ Dutch
kof .]
A two-masted Dutch vessel.
Koftgari Koft`ga·ri" adjective [ Hind.
koft garï goldbeating. from Persian
koft beating +
garï trade.]
Ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold, -- a variety of damascening much used in the arts of India.
Kohinoor, Kohnur Koh`i·noor", Koh`·nur noun [ Persian
koh-i-n...r , lit., mountain of light.]
A famous diamond, surrendered to the British crown on the annexation of the Punjab. According to Hindoo legends, it was found in a Golconda mine, and has been the property of various Hindoo and Persian rulers.
Kohl Kohl noun [ See
Alcohol .]
A mixture of soot and other ingredients, used by Egyptian and other Eastern women to darken the edges of the eyelids.
Kohl-rabi Kohl"-ra`bi noun ;
plural Kohl-rabies . [ G. Confer
Cole ,
Rape the plant.]
(Botany) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground.
Kokama Ko·ka"ma noun (Zoology) The gemsbok.
Koklass Ko"klass noun (Zoology) Any pheasant of the genus Pucrasia . The birds of this genus inhabit India and China, and are distinguished by having a long central and two lateral crests on the head. Called also pucras .
Kokoon Ko·koon" noun (Zoology) The gnu.
Kola, Kola nut Ko"la, Kola nut Same as Cola , Cola nut .
Kolarian Ko·la"ri·an noun (Ethnol.) An individual of one of the races of aboriginal inhabitants which survive in Hindostan. --
adjective Of or pertaining to the Kolarians.
Kolinsky Ko·lin"sky noun [ Russian
kolinski of Kola, a district in northeasten Russia where the finest minks abound.]
Among furriers, any of several Asiatic minks; esp., Putorius sibiricus , the yellowish brown pelt of which is valued, esp. for the tail, used for making artists' brushes. Trade names for the fur are red sable and Tatar sable .
Koluschan, Kolushan Ko·lusch"an, Ko·lush"an adjective [ From Russian
kalyushka piece of wood (worn in the nether lip).]
Designating, or pert. to, a linguistic stock of North American Indians comprising the Tlinkit tribes of the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska and adjacent coast lands. Their language bears some affinity to Mexican tongues.
Komenic Ko·me"nic adjective [ Prob. German
mekon in (by transposition of letters) +
-ic .]
(Chemistry) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from meconic acid. [ Written also
comenic .]
Komtok Kom"tok noun (Zoology) An African freshwater fish ( Protopterus annectens ), belonging to the Dipnoi. It can breathe air by means of its lungs, and when waters dry up, it encases itself in a nest of hard mud, where it remains till the rainy season. It is used as food.
Kon Kon transitive verb To know. See Can , and Con . [ Obsolete]
Ye konnen thereon as much as any man.
Chaucer.
Konite Ko"nite noun (Min.) See Conite .
Konseal Kon·seal" noun [ Prob. formed from
conceal .]
(Medicine) A form of capsule for inclosing a dose of medicine that is offensive, caustic, or the like.
Konze Konze noun (Zoology) A large African antelope ( Alcelaphus Lichtensteini ), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face.
Koodoo Koo"doo noun (Zoology) A large South African antelope ( Strepsiceros kudu ). The males have graceful spiral horns, sometimes four feet long. The general color is reddish or grayish brown, with eight or nine white bands on each side, and a pale dorsal stripe. The old males become dark bluish gray, due to the skin showing through the hair. The females are hornless. Called also nellut . [ Written also
kudu .]
Kookoom Koo"koom noun (Zoology) The oryx or gemsbok. [ Written also
kookaam .]
Koolokamba Koo`lo·kam"ba noun (Zoology) A west African anthropoid ape ( Troglodytes koolokamba , or T. Aubryi ), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them.
Koolslaa Kool"slaa` noun See Coleslaw .
Koord Koord noun See Kurd .
Koordish Koord"ish noun See Kurdish .
Koorilian Koo·ril"i·an a & noun Same as Kurilian .
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