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knopped, a. (nɒpt, poet. ˈnɒpɪd) [f. knop n.1 or v. + -ed.] a. Having knops; knobbed; bearing buds, or compact rounded flower-heads. ? Obs.
c1394P. Pl. Crede 424 Wiþ his knopped schon clouted full þykke. 1434E.E. Wills (1882) 101 A litell basyn knopped. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. Prol. 76 The knoppit syonis with leuis aggreabill. 1601Holland Pliny II. 447 With knopped Majoram or Sauorie. 1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. (1746) 320 The unset Leek, or Maiden-leek, is not so hot as the knopped ones. b. Formed into a knop or knob; knob-shaped; spec. of the stem of a glass.
1578Lyte Dodoens ii. xii. 161 Lyke to..Cyanus floures..in his Scaly knopped buttons. 1869G. M. Hopkins Jrnls. & Papers (1959) 193 A fine sunset..; along the earth-line a train of dark clouds of knopped or clustery make. 1960H. Hayward Antique Coll. 158/2 Knopped stem, a type of stem found on 18th cent. drinking glasses composed of a varying number of knops. 1963Times 30 Apr. 14/4 C. Davis bought..a cylinder-knopped wine glass for {pstlg}155. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Apr. 374/5 There are knopped and wrythen wine glasses. c. knopped yarn, yarn ornamented with knops or tufts. See knop n.1 1 b.
1911Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 906/2 Knopped Yarn is formed by twisting together several strands, one of which is at intervals delivered in greater lengths than the others, in order to allow a loop to be made. |