A notch.
The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.
To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.
To strike or beat with something hard or heavy; to rap; as, to knock with a club; to knock on the door.
To practice evil speaking or fault-finding; to criticize habitually or captiously.
To strike with something hard or heavy; to move by striking; to drive (a thing) against something; as, to knock a ball with a bat; to knock the head against a post; to knock a lamp off the table.
To strike for admittance; to rap upon, as a door.
To impress strongly or forcibly; to astonish; to move to admiration or applause.
To criticise; to find fault with; to disparage.
A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap.
