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A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.

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  1. n. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone.
  2. n. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer.
  3. n. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob.
  4. n. See Knop.
  5. v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed.
  6. n. a circular rounded projection or protuberance
  7. n. a round handle
  8. n. any thickened enlargement
  9. n. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger
  10. See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turninga knob, without using a key.
  11. n:100 n. a circular rounded projection or protuberance n. a round handle n. an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger