nock Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make small marks into the surface of
    score; mark.
    • score the clay before firing it

WordNet

Nock noun
Etymology
See Notch.
Definitions
  1. A notch.
    He took his arrow by the nock. Chapman.
  2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
Nock transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.

Webster 1913