Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A hook; a peg; a wooden peg for hanging things on.
- noun One of the projecting points of a deer's antler; a snag or tine.
- noun A protuberant knot; a wart; also, a decorative knot or tuft, as in costume.
- noun The rugged top of a rock or hill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A knot in wood; a protuberance.
- noun A wooden peg for hanging things on.
- noun The prong of an antler.
- noun Prov. Eng. The rugged top of a hill.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A short
spur orstiff projection from thetrunk orbranch of atree , such as thestunted dead branch of afir - noun A
peg orhook forhanging something on - noun obsolete One of the
points of astag 'shorn or atine - noun A
knot in a piece ofwood or thebase of a branch - noun A
pointed rock orcrag - noun Scotland A small
cask orbarrel ; akeg ornoggin - noun Scotland, obsolete The
woodpecker - verb To
hang something on a peg - verb To kill (someone) who
ganked you
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Examples
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The radical appears to be _snag_, _knag_, or _nag_ (_Knoge_,
yarb commented on the word knag
Crossing to the window she looked in under the knags of ivy that pressed down with all their weight upon the broken walls.
- Aidan Higgins, Langrishe, Go Down, ch. 4
August 28, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word knag
The name of a bird found in Southerland. --Dr. Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary and Supplement, 1841.
May 24, 2011
reesetee commented on the word knag
A woodpecker, I believe.
June 1, 2011