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knap

knap [ nap ] (past and past participle knapped, present participle knap·ping, 3rd person present singular knaps)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
chip flakes off something: to chisel or hammer something such as a stone so that it breaks into flakes

[15th century. Probably < Low German or Dutch knappen "to crack," an imitation of the sound of breaking stone]

knap·per noun
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