knagn.¹

Brit.

/naɡ/, U.S.

/næɡ/

Forms: Middle English knage, Middle English–1600s knagge, Middle English 1800s knagg, 1500s– knag, 1700s nag.

Etymology: Middle English knag or knagge = German (originally Low German) knagge knot, peg, etc., whence probably Danish knag , Swedish knagg . Gaelic cnag may be from Scots knag v. and knagged adj., regarded as derivatives of this word, are evidenced before it.

1. A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, as the stunted dead branch of a pine or fir; hence, a peg or hook for hanging anything on.

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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > peg or nail

naileOE

percha1325

knagc1440

spirget1567

crotch1573

peg1598

spirket1647

c1440 Syr Gowghter 194 in Utterson Early Poetry I. 169 He made prestes and clerkes to lepe on cragges, Monkes and freres to hong on knagges.

1483 Cath. Angl. 204/2 A knage.

a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) 1795 Take here the golde in a bagg, I schall hyt hynge on a knagg, At the schypp borde ende.

1535 D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne MS.) 3090 It will hurt bettir,..Richt now, quhen ye hing on a knag.

1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 605 It wes hung wp wpon an knag.

a1775 Jock o' the Side viii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 481 They cut a tree with fifty nags [v.r. snags] upo' each side For to clim Newcastle wall.

1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. iii. 72 Where is my cloak?.. It is hanging on one of the wooden knags in the garret.

†2. One of the knobs or points of a stag's horn; a tine. Obsolete.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch

antlera1398

startc1400

tinec1480

branch1484

advancer1486

knag1578

speer1607

spire1607

snag1673

tang1688

point1780

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 2^v Sharpe but not so slender, as the knagge of a hartes horne.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 324 The ashes of Harts horn serueth..the very tip and points of the knags are thought more effectuall.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1276 Woonderfull hornes for bignesse, and most dangerous by reason of their sharpe and branching knagges.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccxxxviii [Leaves] gashed in on both sides into three or four gashes, and pointed at the ends, resembling the Knaggs of a Bucks-horne.

3. A knot in wood, the base of a branch.

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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > knot

knara1382

warrec1407

knob1440

knot?1523

knur1542

pin1545

knag1555

snar1611

bur-knot1618

bur1725

gnarl1824

burl1885

snarla1891

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iii. 37 Trees..of a wondrefull heigth, smothe, and without knagge or knotte.

1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. i. 41 If the staffe have knags or knots upon it.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Knag, a Knot in Wood.

1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 44 The knots and knags in the wood are glued over with leather.

4. A pointed rock or crag.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > crag > [noun]

stonec825

knara1250

scar13..

craga1375

nipc1400

knag1552

knee1590

jag1831

man1897

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knagge, scopulus.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Knaggs, pointed rocks, or rugged tops of hills.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

knagn.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain: compare noggin n.

Scottish.

A small cask or barrel; a keg.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > small

firkin1423

cag1452

kinkin1493

tonekin1546

bottle1578

kempkin1580

knaga1585

barrico1607

barrelet1611

barriket1611

keg1632

costrel1709

bareca1773

breaker1834

a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 790 Buttrie bag, fill knag! thou will rag with thy fellows.

1596 Compt Buik Dav. Wedderburne (S.H.S.) 46 Ane Knag of Vinacre.

1703 Rules Edinb. Fire Co. in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) v. 329 Threttie sex Stings with Knags..whereof sex standing full of Water.

1804 W. Tarras Poems 8 (Jam.) To slock our drouth's a knag o' berry brown.

Derivatives

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ˈknaggie n. Scottish (dim.), a small wooden vessel (of the capacity of a pint or so) with an upright handle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

† knagn.³

Scottish. Obsolete.

The Woodpecker.

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the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker)

woodhackc1440

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woodpecker1530

woodhacker1548

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woodspeckc1560

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eat-bill1598

speck1601

tree-jobber1601

hecco1604

eat-bee1608

knag1639

French pie1783

pie1783

nicker-pecker1787

rind-tabberer1848

peckerwood1859

nickle1885

nicker1886

1639 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland 3 In these fforests..steares or stirlings, lair-igigh or knag (which is a foull like unto a paroket or parret, which makes place for her nest with her beck in the oak tree).

1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 23 One Sort of Bird is peculiar to this County, called Knug, which resembles a Parrot.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

† knagv.

Forms: Also Middle English gnag.

Etymology: < knag n.¹

Obsolete.

transitive. To hang, fasten up.

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the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)]

ahangOE

hangc1000

to hang upa1400

knagc1400

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suspendc1440

swing1529

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uphang1748

gibbet1749

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 577 Greueȝ With polayneȝ piched þer-to,..Aboute his kneȝ knaged wyth knoteȝ of golde.

c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xli. 384 Sweche schul ben..gnaggyd up by the gomys tyl the devyl doth hem grone.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹c1440

n.²a1585

n.³1639

v.c1400

单词	knag
释义	knagn.¹ Brit. /naɡ/, U.S. /næɡ/ Forms: Middle English knage, Middle English–1600s knagge, Middle English 1800s knagg, 1500s– knag, 1700s nag. Etymology: Middle English knag or knagge = German (originally Low German) knagge knot, peg, etc., whence probably Danish knag , Swedish knagg . Gaelic cnag may be from Scots knag v. and knagged adj., regarded as derivatives of this word, are evidenced before it. 1. A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, as the stunted dead branch of a pine or fir; hence, a peg or hook for hanging anything on. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > peg or nail naileOE percha1325 knagc1440 spirget1567 crotch1573 peg1598 spirket1647 c1440 Syr Gowghter 194 in Utterson Early Poetry I. 169 He made prestes and clerkes to lepe on cragges, Monkes and freres to hong on knagges. 1483 Cath. Angl. 204/2 A knage. a1500 (?c1450) Bone Florence (1976) 1795 Take here the golde in a bagg, I schall hyt hynge on a knagg, At the schypp borde ende. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre (Bannatyne MS.) 3090 It will hurt bettir,..Richt now, quhen ye hing on a knag. 1662 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 605 It wes hung wp wpon an knag. a1775 Jock o' the Side viii, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. 481 They cut a tree with fifty nags [v.r. snags] upo' each side For to clim Newcastle wall. 1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. I. iii. 72 Where is my cloak?.. It is hanging on one of the wooden knags in the garret. †2. One of the knobs or points of a stag's horn; a tine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > body and parts > antler > branch antlera1398 startc1400 tinec1480 branch1484 advancer1486 knag1578 speer1607 spire1607 snag1673 tang1688 point1780 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 2^v Sharpe but not so slender, as the knagge of a hartes horne. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 324 The ashes of Harts horn serueth..the very tip and points of the knags are thought more effectuall. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1276 Woonderfull hornes for bignesse, and most dangerous by reason of their sharpe and branching knagges. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden ccxxxviii [Leaves] gashed in on both sides into three or four gashes, and pointed at the ends, resembling the Knaggs of a Bucks-horne. 3. A knot in wood, the base of a branch. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > knot knara1382 warrec1407 knob1440 knot?1523 knur1542 pin1545 knag1555 snar1611 bur-knot1618 bur1725 gnarl1824 burl1885 snarla1891 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. iii. 37 Trees..of a wondrefull heigth, smothe, and without knagge or knotte. 1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. i. 41 If the staffe have knags or knots upon it. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Knag, a Knot in Wood. 1852 tr. J. J. Seidel Organ & its Constr. 44 The knots and knags in the wood are glued over with leather. 4. A pointed rock or crag. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > crag > [noun] stonec825 knara1250 scar13.. craga1375 nipc1400 knag1552 knee1590 jag1831 man1897 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Knagge, scopulus. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Knaggs, pointed rocks, or rugged tops of hills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). knagn.² Etymology: Origin uncertain: compare noggin n. Scottish. A small cask or barrel; a keg. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > small firkin1423 cag1452 kinkin1493 tonekin1546 bottle1578 kempkin1580 knaga1585 barrico1607 barrelet1611 barriket1611 keg1632 costrel1709 bareca1773 breaker1834 a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 790 Buttrie bag, fill knag! thou will rag with thy fellows. 1596 Compt Buik Dav. Wedderburne (S.H.S.) 46 Ane Knag of Vinacre. 1703 Rules Edinb. Fire Co. in W. Maitland Hist. Edinb. (1753) v. 329 Threttie sex Stings with Knags..whereof sex standing full of Water. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 8 (Jam.) To slock our drouth's a knag o' berry brown. Derivatives Categories » ˈknaggie n. Scottish (dim.), a small wooden vessel (of the capacity of a pint or so) with an upright handle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019). † knagn.³ Scottish. Obsolete. The Woodpecker. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) woodhackc1440 woodwall1490 woodpecker1530 woodhacker1548 woodpeck1552 woodspite1555 woodspeckc1560 modwall1572 eat-bill1598 speck1601 tree-jobber1601 hecco1604 eat-bee1608 knag1639 French pie1783 pie1783 nicker-pecker1787 rind-tabberer1848 peckerwood1859 nickle1885 nicker1886 1639 R. Gordon Geneal. Hist. Earldom Sutherland 3 In these fforests..steares or stirlings, lair-igigh or knag (which is a foull like unto a paroket or parret, which makes place for her nest with her beck in the oak tree). 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 23 One Sort of Bird is peculiar to this County, called Knug, which resembles a Parrot. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † knagv. Forms: Also Middle English gnag. Etymology: < knag n.¹ Obsolete. transitive. To hang, fasten up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or suspend [verb (transitive)] ahangOE hangc1000 to hang upa1400 knagc1400 peisea1425 suspendc1440 swing1529 sling1697 uphang1748 gibbet1749 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 577 Greueȝ With polayneȝ piched þer-to,..Aboute his kneȝ knaged wyth knoteȝ of golde. c1450 Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) xli. 384 Sweche schul ben..gnaggyd up by the gomys tyl the devyl doth hem grone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹c1440n.²a1585n.³1639v.c1400
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