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nock

 : 
Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

nockn. [See Notch.].
  •  A notch.  [1913 Webster]
    "He took his arrow by the nock."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.  [1913 Webster]
nockv. t. 
     To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow.  Chapman.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nock, 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

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