knap

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A small hill
The crest of a hill
To shape a hard, brittle material (such as flint, obsidian, chert etc.) by breaking away sections or flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point. Distinguished from "carve" because each fracture goes across one entire face or facet, and from "cleave" because breaking (knapping) vitreous, brittle homogeneous (i.e., not crystalline) materials inevitably results in curved, conchoidal fractures
{v} to bite, snap, break short
{n} a swelling, prominence, tuft, hill
A protuberance; a swelling; a knob; a button; hence, rising ground; a summit
strike sharply; "rap him on the knuckles"
To strike smartly; to rap; to snap
Verb To Carry out the process of flint knapping
To bite; to bite off; to break short
to snap, crack
A sharp blow or slap
{f} chip rocks with a hammer
break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"
To shape a hard, brittle material (usually flint or obsidian) by breaking away sections, often forming a sharp edge or point. Distinguished from "carve" by the fact that each fracture goes through the entire work piece, and from "cleave" by curved or conchoid fractures (due to the work piece not being a single crystal)
See Knob, and Knop
To make a sound of snapping
knapper
{i} one who knaps
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