nock v 1: make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: {score}, {nock}, {mark}]
Nock \Nock\, n. [See {Notch}.] 1. A notch. [1913 Webster] He took his arrow by the nock. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail. [1913 Webster]
Nock \Nock\, v. t. To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]