Knap (?), n. [AS. cnæp,
cnæpp, top, knob, button; cf. Icel. knappr knob,
Sw. knapp, Dan. knap button, W., Gael., & Ir.
cnap knob, button, and E. knop.] A protuberance; a
swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit. See
Knob, and Knop.
The highest part and knap of the same
island.
Holland.Knap, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Knapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Knapping.] [D. knappen to chew, bite, crack, take hold
of; prob. of imitative origin.] 1. To bite; to
bite off; to break short. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]
He will knap the spears apieces with his
teeth.
Dr. H. More.
He breaketh the bow, and knappeth the spear in
sunder.
Ps. xlvi. 9 (Book of Common Prayer.)
2. To strike smartly; to rap; to snap.
Bacon.
Knap, v. i. To make a sound of
snapping. Wiseman.
Knap, n. A sharp blow or
slap. Halliwell.