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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOCK, n. A notch. [See Notch.]
NOCK, v.t. To place in the notch.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English nocke notched tip on the end of a bow; akin to Middle Dutch nocke summit Date: 14th century 1. one of the notches cut in either of two tips of horn fastened on the ends of a bow or in the bow itself for holding the string 2. a. the part of an arrow having a notch for the bowstring b. the notch itself II. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to make a nock in (a bow or arrow) 2. to fit (an arrow) against the bowstring

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a notch at either end of a bow for holding the string. 2 a a notch at the butt-end of an arrow for receiving the bowstring. b a notched piece of horn serving this purpose. --v.tr. set (an arrow) on the string. Etymology: ME, perh. = nock forward upper corner of some sails, f. MDu. nocke

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nock Nock, n. [See Notch.] 1. A notch. He took his arrow by the nock. --Chapman. 2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nock Nock, v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. --Chapman.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The breech; from NOCK, a notch.