Nocked vs Necked - What's the difference?
nocked | necked |
(nock)
Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
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(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
To fit an arrow against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
(in combination) Having some specific type of neck
(nautical, archaic, of a treenail) Cracked.
(neck)
As verbs the difference between nocked and necked
is that nocked is (nock) while necked is (neck).As an adjective necked is
(in combination) having some specific type of neck.nocked
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* *nock
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Noun
(en noun)- He took his arrow by the nock .