knop noun.
[nɒp] ME.[Middle Low German, Middle Dutch knoppe (Dutch knop) = Old Frisian knop, Old High German knoph (German Knopf knob, knot, button). Cf. KNAP noun1.]1. A small rounded (esp. ornamental) protuberance; a knob, a boss, a stud, a tassel, etc.
ME.b. A swelling on the skin; a wart, a pimple, a callus.
M16-E19.c. An ornamental loop or tuft formed in a strand of yarn.
E20.2. The kneecap; the elbow-joint.
obsolete exc.
dial. LME.3. A flower-bud.
arch. LME. ■ knopped adjective (a) having knops, knobby;
(b) formed into a knop or knob:
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