KNAP
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Traducere: română
Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.
Knap (năp), n. [AS. cnæp, cnæpp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr knob, Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir. cnap knob, button, and E. knop.] A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See Knob, and Knop.
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The highest part and knap of the same island.
Holland.
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Knap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Knapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Knapping.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold of; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To bite; to bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
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He will knap the spears apieces with his teeth.
Dr. H. More.
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He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in sunder.
Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
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2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap. [Chiefly Brit.] Bacon.
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Knap, v. i. To make a sound of snapping. Wiseman.
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Knap, n. A sharp blow or slap. Halliwell.
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