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单词 nock
释义 nock
I. \ˈnäk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English nocke, nokke; akin to Old English hnocc penis, Middle Dutch nocke tip, summit, end of a yardarm, Old Norse hnuka to sit cowering, hnykill clew of yarn, tumor, Swedish nock, nocke pin, peg, end of a yardarm, Old Irish cnocc lump, hill, Latin nux nut — more at nut
1.
 a.
  (1) : either of two tips of horn fastened on the ends of a bow and having notches for holding the string
  (2) : one of the notches cut in these or in the bow itself
 b.
  (1) : the part of an arrow having a notch for the bowstring whether as formerly a thick bulbous wooden end containing the notch or as now usually an attached fixture (as of horn or plastic) : the butt end of any arrow
  (2) : the notch itself — see arrow illustration
2. obsolete : the cleft between the buttocks
3. [probably from Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke tip, summit] : the upper fore corner of a boom sail or a staysail when cut with a square tack
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to make a notch in or fit into or by means of a notch: as
 a. : to slip (the eye of a bowstring) into a bow nock in bracing a bow
 b. : to fit (an arrow) on the string of a bow
 c. : to furnish (an arrow or bow) with a nock
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