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Webster 1913 Edition
Knag
Knag
(năg)
, Noun.
[Cf. Prov. G.
knagge
a knot in wood, Sw. knagg
, Dan. knag
a hook to hand clothes on, a bracket; Gael. & Ir. cnag
peg, knob.] 1.
A knot in wood; a protuberance.
Wright.
2.
A wooden peg for hanging things on.
Wright.
3.
The prong of an antler.
Holland.
4.
The rugged top of a hill.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Knag
KNAG
,Noun.
1.
A knot in wood, or a protuberant knot; a wart.2.
A peg for hanging things on.3.
The shoot of a deer's horns.Definition 2025
knag
knag
English
Alternative forms
Noun
knag (plural knags)
- A short spur or stiff projection from the trunk or branch of a tree, such as the stunted dead branch of a fir
- A peg or hook for hanging something on
- (obsolete) One of the points of a stag's horn or a tine
- A knot in a piece of wood or the base of a branch
- A pointed rock or crag
- (Scotland) A small cask or barrel; a keg or noggin
- (Scotland, obsolete) The woodpecker
Verb
knag (third-person singular simple present knags, present participle knagging, simple past and past participle knagged)
- To hang something on a peg
- (video games, slang) To kill (a player character) who ganked you