knock-comb. form
the verb-stem or noun of action in combination. Also with adverbs, as See also knockabout adj. and n., knock-down adj. and n., knock-knee n., etc.
knock-bark n.
Brit. 
/ˈnɒkbɑːk/
, /ˈnɒkbɑːk/U.S. /ˈnɑkˌbɑrk/
Mining ore that has been crushed./ˈnɑkˌbɑrk/ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > ore > [noun] > crushed ore
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schlich1677
slick1683
sludge1757
slime1758
pulp1837
debris1871
slum1874
1653 E. Manlove Liberties & Customes Lead-mines Derby 266 Fell, Bous, and Knock~barke.
1747 [see knock-stone n.]. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Knock~bark, ore after it is reduced by the hand or machine.
knock-knock n., v., and int.
Brit. /ˈnɒknɒk/
, /ˈnɒknɒk/U.S. /ˈnɑkˌnɑk/
in various senses (see quots.)./ˈnɑkˌnɑk/Π
1904 Daily Chron. 2 July 8/1 The knock-knocking at the door sending a thrill through the pulse.
1936 Variety 19 Aug. 25/5 Manager Russell Bovim, of Loew's Broad, Columbus, cashed in handsomely on the ‘Knock Knock’ craze now sweeping the country.
1941 C. Graves Life Line 179 Certain trawlers have the job of sweeping for magnetic mines (known as ‘Maggies’) and the latest acoustic mines (known as ‘knock-knocks’).
1957 O. Nash You can't get there from Here 151 Who, rapped Mr. Webster, escapes an escapee? That, knock-knocked Mr. Merriam, is what puzzles me.
1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren v. 82 A craze for Wellerisms is apt to develop in a school in the same way that there are still sometimes crazes for limericks, Little Audrey jokes, Knock-knocks, and Shaggy-dog stories.
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1161/1 Knock! knock! A c.p., dating from the middle of Nov. 1936... Orig. ex U.S. It is used, esp. among busmen, by a person about to tell a dirty story or, esp., to make a pun, gen. in doubtful taste.
1974 Radio Times 19 Oct. 59 ‘Knock, knock.’ ‘Who's there?’ ‘Richard Milhous.’ ‘Richard Milhous who?’ ‘Ah…how quickly people forget.’
knock-stone n.
Brit. /ˈnɒkstəʊn/
, /ˈnɒkstəʊn/U.S. /ˈnɑkˌstoʊn/
a stone (or cast-iron plate) on which ore is broken./ˈnɑkˌstoʊn/Π
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Lj Knockbark [is] all that is carried to the Knock-Stone and there knocked down with the Bucker.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 749 A very hard stone slab, or cast-iron plate,..called a knock-stone.
knock-toe n.
Brit. /ˈnɒktəʊ/
, /ˈnɒktəʊ/U.S. /ˈnɑkˌtoʊ/
a galley-punt./ˈnɑkˌtoʊ/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > lugger > types of
barca-longa1681
nabbie1839
nickey1874
scaf1877
galley-punt1883
knock-toe1903
Montagu whaler1925
1903 W. C. Russell Overdue vi. 104 It is the Deal galley-punt too, called in the parts she belongs to ‘knocktoe’.
1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 80 Knock-toe, an old name for the Deal lugger-rigged galley punt, in which there was little room for the feet.
knock-under n.
Brit. /ˌnɒkˈʌndə/
, /ˌnɒkˈʌndə/U.S. /ˌnɑkˈəndər/
an act of ‘knocking under’ (see to knock under at knock v. Phrasal verbs)./ˌnɑkˈəndər/Π
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross I. vii. 94 They seem to have brought him down to a flat knock-under.
knock-ˈupable adj.
Brit. /ˌnɒkˈʌpəbl/
, /ˌnɒkˈʌpəbl/U.S. /ˌnɑkˈəpəb(ə)l/
likely to be ‘knocked up’ or weak.Apparently an isolated use./ˌnɑkˈəpəb(ə)l/Π
1857 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 5 Apr. (1954) ii. 314 For some time I have been unusually weak and knock-upable.
knockˈupedness n. /ˌnɒkˈʌpᵻdnəs/, /ˌnɑkˈəpədnəs/ the state of being ‘knocked up’ or weak.Apparently an isolated use.
Brit. /ˌnɒkˈʌptnəs/
, /ˌnɒkˈʌptnəs//ˌnɒkˈʌpᵻdnəs/U.S. /ˌnɑkˈəptnəs/
, /ˌnɑkˈəptnəs//ˌnɑkˈəpədnəs/Π
1855 D. G. Rossetti Let. 19 Sept. (1965) I. 271 I am very sorry indeed to hear of your knockupedness but I warned you about that window.
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