Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗to fill in, as between scantling, with brickwork. · to fasten, as shores, with treenails.
A wooden block, the size of a brick, built into a wall, as a hold for the nails of woodwork. · One of the square logs of wood used in a pile to support the roof of a mine. · A treenail to fasten the shores.
Variant of knag.
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