Knapper's-poll, subs. (old).—A sheep's head. For synonyms see Sanguinary James.
Knapping-jigger, subs. (thieves').—A
turn-pike gate; i.e., a gate for
the receipt of tolls. See Knap,
sense 1.
1834. H. Ainsworth, Rookwood, iv. Turpin treated him as he had done the dub [pikeman] at the knapping-jigger, and cleared the driver and his little wain with ease.
Knark, subs. (old).—A churl; a flint-*heart;
a NARK (q.v).
1851-61. Mayhew, London Lab. etc., i. 343. He couldn't refuse a dog, much more a Christian: but he had a butler, a regular nark.
Knat, subs. (tailors').—1. A difficult
task; (2) a tyrant; and (3) one not
easily hoodwinked.
Knave, subs. (Christ's Hospital).—A
dunce: at Hertford, a knack.
Knee. To break one's knee,
verb. phr. (venery).—To be de-*flowered,
or got with child. For
synonyms see Dock, verb. sense 1.
TO OFFER (or GIVE) THE KNEE, verb. phr. (old).—To play the second in a fight.
1856. Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, ii. v. Martin, to give him a knee, steps out on the turf.
Knee high to a mosquito (a toad, a chaw of tobacco etc.), phr. (American).—Insignificant; of scant account.
To sit on one's knees, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To kneel down.
Knee-trembler, subs. (venery).—A
standing embrace; a fast-fuck
(q.v.); A PERPENDICULAR.
For general synonyms see Greens
and Ride.
Knee-trick, subs. (old).—Kneeling.
1632. Brome, Novella, iv. 2. No, if I worship any of 'hem more. Than in the knee-trick, that is necessary In their true use, let me be eunuchiz'd.
Knick-knack, subs. (venery).—1.
The female pudendum. For synonyms
see Monosyllable.
2. (old).—A trinket; a toy. See NICKNACKS.
Knife, subs. (once literary: now military).—A
sword.
c.1270. Robert of Gloucester, p. 104. He drow 'ys knyf, and slow the kyng.
Verb. (colloquial).—1. To stab.
1851. F. Walpole, The Ansayrii, ii. 8. A brute who in cold blood knived and tortured them with his own hand.
1862. Dickens, Xmas Stories (Somebody's Luggage), p. 132 (H. ed.). If you should even get into trouble through knifeing—or say, garotting—a brother artist.
1870. Globe, 17 Nov., i. 3. Already a too refractory sufferer has been threatened by his torturer with the not very pleasant alternative of being knifed if he does not submit with a better grace.
2. (American electioneering).—To plot against the candidate of one's own party.
1870. Globe, 17 Nov. [Leader].
TO LAY DOWN ONE'S KNIFE AND FORK, verb. phr. (common).—To die; to peg out (q.v.); to snuff it (q.v.). For synonyms see Aloft and Hop the Twig.
To KNIFE IT, verb. phr. (old).—To decamp; TO cut it (q.v.).
Knife it! intj. (old).—Separate! leave off! go away!
