English

Noun

1. misspelling of knock
2. Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
3. The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.

Verb

1. To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
2. To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).

• Nock - the notch in the end of an arrow
• Nock - to mount an arrow unto a bow (when used as a verb)
• Nock - members of the Nock family of gunsmiths in England
  • Henry Nock (1741–1805) - gunsmith who also founded Wilkinson Sword in 1772
  • Samuel Nock - gunsmith
• Nock gun - especially Nock's volley gun used by the Royal Navy

• Albert Jay Nock
• Oswald Stevens Nock (1905–1994) - engineer and railway historian
• Vicesimus Nock (1752–1821) - teacher and writer

See also

• Knock
• Nauck
• Nok