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Nock

//nɒk// intj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Fit the arrow to your bowstring.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.

    "Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel. The archers stood in groups about the decks, new-stringing their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of knock. alt-of, misspelling
  3. 3
    The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.

    "He took his arrow by the nock."

  4. 4
    The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Verb
  1. 1
    To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow. transitive

    "Then taking up his own good stout bow and nocking an arrow with care, he shot with his very greatest skill."

  2. 2
    Misspelling of knock. alt-of, misspelling

    "I put my hair up, and was just finished, when mother nocked. It was terrable^([sic])."

  3. 3
    make small marks into the surface of wordnet
  4. 4
    To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow). transitive

    "It is a Scotch bow, I see, for the upper nock is without and the lower within. By the black rood! it is a good piece of yew, well nocked, well strung, well waxed, and very joyful to the feel."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).

Etymology 4

From the Middle English phrase atten okes (“at the oaks”).

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