Nock may refer to:
Archery
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bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elasticity (physics), elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows). Humans used bows and arrows for hunting and aggression long before recorded history, and the ...
, two notches near the bow's respective ends, for attaching the bowstring
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Nock (arrow)
An arrow is a fin-stabilized projectile launched by a bow. A typical arrow usually consists of a long, stiff, straight shaft with a weighty (and usually sharp and pointed) arrowhead attached to the front end, multiple fin-like stabilizers c ...
, in an arrow, the notch in the fletched (feathered) end of the arrow, for engaging the bowstring
People
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Henry Nock (1741–1804), British gunsmith, founder of Wilkinson Sword
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David Nock (1829–1909), politician in South Australia
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William Nock (cricketer) (1864–1909), West Indian cricketer
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Albert Jay Nock (1873–1945), American author
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Arthur Darby Nock (1902–1963), English classical scholar and theologian
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O. S. Nock (1905–1994), British engineer and railway historian
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Bello Nock (born 1968), American circus performer
Other uses
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Nock gun, a seven-barrelled volley gun
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National Oil Corporation of Kenya
* Nock, a low-level functional programming language used in
Urbit
See also
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Knock (disambiguation)
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Nauck (disambiguation)
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NOK (disambiguation)
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