medium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone

used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots

a circular rounded projection or protuberance

Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, having four broad, usually colorful wings, and generally distinguished from the moths by having a slender body and knobbed antennae and being active during the day, A feeling of unease or mild nausea caused especially by fearful anticipation, verb_ talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions, cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

A group of things growing close together; a cluster or clump, A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump, A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump Intransitive verb_ To gather or form into a cluster, To gather (fabric) into folds, To protrude or swell, transitive verb_ To form into a bunch or bunches, To gather fabric into folds

A shilling, A small, knoblike pendent object, such as a plumb bob, A small lock or curl of hair, A woman's or child's short haircut

A graduated surface or face on which a measurement, such as speed, is indicated by a moving needle or pointer, the circular graduated indicator on various measuring instruments, A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc, intransitive verb_ To measure with or as if with a dial, To call (a party) on a telephone, To signal (a number) in making a telephone call, transitive verb_ To measure with a dial, (Mining) To survey with a dial

A knob made on a rope with spun yarn or parceling to prevent a running eye from slipping, Two or three turns of spunyarn or rope-yarn about the point and shank of a hook, to keep it from unhooking. Also called mousing, Some animal like or likened to a mouse, as a shrew or bat. See shrcw-mouse, intransitive verb_ To watch for and catch mice, To watch for or pursue anything in a sly manner; to pry about, on the lookout for something, transitive verb_ obsolete To tear, as a cat devours a mouse, (Naut.) To furnish with a mouse; to secure by means of a mousing. See Mouse, n., 2

The part of an axle that passes through the hub of the wheel; also, a diminished part of any shaft resting in a hearing, The constricted part joining the knob to the breech of a gun, The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk, intransitive verb_ colloq. To kiss and caress amorously, intransitive verb_ To kiss and caress amorously, To strangle or decapitate (a fowl)

A game of chance, similar to lotto, that uses balls rather than counters, A gambling game, a variety of the game of lotto, played with balls or knobs, numbered, and cards also numbered