NOCKED

Verb

nocked

simple past tense and past participle of nock

Anagrams

• conked, on deck

Source: Wiktionary


NOCK

Nock, n. Etym: [See Notch.]

1. A notch. He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.

Nock, v. t.

Definition: To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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