The stick with the nock appears to be the butt end of a projectile shaft.
Instead of the usual nockin the butt end of the shaft for a bowstring, there is a cuplike depression (fig.
When he had seized the nock of his arrow between his finger and thumb, he languidly glanced at the target, raised his bow a little, and let fly.
The stele is sometimes slightly widened just in front of the nock to give a better hold for the fingers.
The other end was carried round the lower nock and the returning strand half-hitched round the first snugly up to the nock, and then carried round the upper nock and back again.
This was repeated, each strand being half-hitched round all the preceding at the lower nock until there were eight parallel strands, and an eye fitted snugly to the lower nock.
A hempen string, whipped in the middle with colored silk, to mark the place for your arrow nock to be put, in shooting, will make a very good string.
Every man had his shaft nocked on the string; I watched them, and Will Green specially; he and his bow and its string seemed all of a piece, so easily by seeming did he draw the nock of the arrow to his ear.
It is possible that this additional grooving of the nock may to a very trifling extent impede the escape of the arrow from the string.
Mr. Ford recommended the application of a copper rivet through the nock near to the bottom of the notch to provide against the danger of splitting the nock.
Of course the nock must be of the same size in section as the stele of the arrow; and this furnishes an additional argument against the bobtailed arrow, which is smallest at this end.
Mark carefully on the lapping the exact position of the centre of the nock of the arrow, and overlap with two or three strands of waxed filoselle very tightly for about one-third of an inch, with the mark under its centre.
This same difficulty occurs also with other guards, but the results are not so painful, as the corner of the nail is protected by leather from the nock of the arrow.
The lower nock is not unfrequently put on or manufactured a trifle sideways as to its groove on the belly side.
Fatty cood bang the drum as hard as he cood lam it but he coodent nock Curley round.
The ribbon near the nock serves to protect the wood at this point from splitting.
Nock the string again and, taking a thick piece of paper, fold it into a little pad and rub the bowstring vigorously until it assumes a round, well-waxed condition.
Having put a drop of glue on the ribbon immediately above the nock and behind the cock feather, I affix a little white glass bead.
These were spaced so that the arrow nock fitted between them, and when the string was pulled into position and caught upon these fingers, the bow was drawn 28 inches.
If his shaft flies to the left, it is because he has not drawn the nock beneath his right eye, or he has thrown his head out of line, or the string has hit his shirt sleeve or something has deflected the arrow.
After the glue has set, take a coarse file and shape the horn nock to the classical shape, which is hard to describe but easy to illustrate.
He gently slid the arrow forward until the nock slipped over the string at its center.
We often paint the nock a distinguishing color to indicate the type of head at the other end, so that in drawing the shaft from the quiver we can know beforehand what sort it will be.
The nock itself was square shouldered and terminated in a pin half an inch in diameter and an inch long.
Thus nockthem all and sandpaper them smooth throughout, rounding the nocked end gracefully.
Still this tightness should be at the entrance of the nock, while the bottom of the nock is made a trifle more roomy with a round file.
The nock should be full and the notch pretty deep; a piece of horn should be let in at the notch to prevent the string splitting the arrow.
He had sprung from his horse, and with a downward wrench of his arm and a push with his knee he slipped the string into the upper nock of his mighty war-bow.
The youth with an effort did so, but he was too slow in disengaging his fingers, and the string sliding down with a snap from the upper nock caught and pinched them sorely against the stave.
Walk down the line, I pray you, and see if there be no frayed string, nor broken nock nor loosened whipping to be mended.
He seized the stave by the center in his right hand, leaned the end on the inside of his right foot, and then, pulling the upper nock down with the left hand, slid the eye of the string easily into place.
A NICK AND A NOCK A nick and a nock, A hen and a cock, And a penny for my master.
One end is looped and passed over one "nock" of the bow and carried back and forth from nock to nock eight times.
Nock the arrow well on the string, draw with all the fingers of your right hand till you feel your right ear, fix your eyes steadily on the target and let fly.
The nock end of the shaft is held between the first and second fingers of the right hand and upon the string, which is drawn to the right ear by all the fingers being hooked stiffly over it.
But you should have brought the nock of your arrow down more towards your ear.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "nock" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: blaze; cleft; cut; depression; gash; hack; incision; indentation; jag; nick; notch; score
