knap
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knap englanniksi
To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.
To rap or strike sharply.
(RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum) about a handful from the bottom.
1820, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xHAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=%22and+knapped+it+every+round%22&source=bl&ots=Au6Ay8nHqN&sig=6-VGnOgvAVecXfJ1wyZfoYGy1Lg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QitCUP66KcXT0QX6joGQAg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAQv=onepage&q=%22and%20knapped%20it%20every%20round%22&f=true ''The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine'', volume 8, no.43, page 81, October 1820.
- Some entered the ring in very bad condition, and immediately got a-piping, like hot mutton pies - fell on their own blows, and knapped it every round, till they shewed the white feather and bolted.
{{quote-book|en|year=1977|author=Marilynne K. Roach|title=Encounters with the Invisible World|page=10|isbn=0690012772
To bite; to bite off; to break short.
(RQ:Book of Common Praye) Psalms xlvi. 9
- He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
{{quote-text|en|year=1821|author=John Clare|title=The Village Minstrel
To make a sound of snapping.
(RQ:Wiseman Chirurgicall Treatises)
{{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Andrew Ashenden|title=Basics of Stage Combat: Unarmed|isbn=1612330711
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob.
(RQ:Bacon Essayes)
The crest of a hill
A small hill
{{RQ:Pliny Holland Historie of the World
(alt form)
just under
button (in clothes etc.)
button (in machines)
(syn)
impressive, decent, rather good or big
(usex)
(infl of)