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knosp rare.|nɒsp|
[ad. Ger. knospe a bud, boss, knob.]
An architectural (or other) ornament in the form of a bud, or forming a bunch-like or rounded protuberance; a knop, knob, boss, stud.
1808Scott Marm. v. Introd. iv, Ere from thy mural crown there fell The slightest knosp or pinnacle. 1820― Abbot xxxii, The black letter Bible..adorned with massive silver clasps and knosps. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. viii. (1864) IX. 297 Prodigality of ornament, knosps, shrine work, corbels, gurgoyles.
Hence knosped (nɒspt, poet. ˈnɒspɪd) a., furnished with knosps.
1818Milman Samor 290 The iron or the knosped brass. |