The quality of being active; nimbleness; quickness of
motion; activity.
1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. 2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Chaucer. 3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [U. S.] Bartlett. 4. (Arch.) See Knop. Knob latch, a latch which can be oper...
