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knap
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knap [nap]
(mining engineering)
To break rock.
To improve the grade of ore by removing low-grade material manually by using a hammer.
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Ever since the bow and arrow was first wielded by man, all shapes and sizes of arrowheads have been whittled, knapped, sharpened, machined, molded and laser welded in a never-ending quest to improve performance.
Lethal heads: tearing, slashing, cutting, slicing--bowhunters want it ... by Beraldo, Daniel / Petersen's Bowhunting
Two were tipped with stone heads I had knapped myself, while the other arrows wore all-steel two-blade STOS broadheads.
A goat too far: primitive bowhunting skills on a primitive island can ... by Campbell, Jay / Bowhunter
[pounds sterling]30 English flushwork (essentially knapped flint with the split dark sides facing outwards, framed by freestone dressings) is one of the country's glories.
FLINT FLUSHWORK: A MEDIEVAL MASONRY ART by O'toole, Hippolyte / The Architectural Review
 
 
 
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