Nock

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nock \Nock\, n. [See {Notch}.]
     1. A notch.
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              He took his arrow by the nock.        --Chapman.
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     2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a
        trysail.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nock \Nock\, v. t.
     To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a
     bow. --Chapman.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nock
       v : make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before
           firing it" [syn: {score}, {mark}]