*knop*

n. [ OE. knop, knoppe; cf. D. knop, knoop, G. knopf, Dan. knap, knop, Sw. knapp, knopp, button, bud, Icel. knappr, and E. knap, n. Cf. Knap, Knob. ] 1. A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. Ex. xxv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp. [ 1913 Webster ]

Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having knops or knobs; fastened as with buttons. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. knopper. See Knop. ] (Zool.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]