Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Fit the arrow to your bowstring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archery, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
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noun
The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Misspelling of knock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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verb
To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: notch
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verb
To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Misspelling of knock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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verb
make small marks into the surface of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: score, mark
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Broader terms: notch
Narrower terms: scarify, scotch, scribe, line
History
From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
From the Middle English phrase atten okes (“at the oaks”).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
