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v. - Make small marks into the surface of.

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Usage examples (33)
  • I was using a lighted nock that activates when nock is pushed forward.
  • Yes | No | Report from micropterus wrote 24 weeks 1 day ago or is it "nock"?
  • None moved to stop the wagon, or to nock an arrow.
  • He slipped the nock of the arrow over the bowstring.
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  • With a slight "knock" (strike) the arrow broke right at its "nock" (notch in an arrow where it is fit to a bow).
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