Knapped

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Definitions and meanings of "Knapped"

What do we mean by knapped?

To shape a brittle material having conchoidal fracture, usually a mineral (flint, obsidian, chert etc.), by breaking away flakes, often forming a sharp edge or point.

To rap or strike sharply.

To bite; to bite off; to break short.

To make a sound of snapping.

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The word "knapped" in example sentences

These flints are hand knapped in England and are relatively uniform. ❋ Unknown (2009)

According to Dr. Geist, Neanderthal's rough knapped stone spear heads would be perfact for slipping between the ribs of a large animal when thrust on a short spear. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A new book from the crafter of the hyphenated superbole: "He sleep-otters under small black stones..." and later "illness's knapped letter is ribboned" in the "water-earth, the gonging." ❋ Lemon Hound (2008)

The knife--originally knapped stone--has been the partner of the needle since the Paleolithic era. ❋ Edward Tenner (2006)

"They were knapped from stone in about 30 minutes," Maroteng ❋ Unknown (2005)

I would she were as lying a gossip in that as ever knapped ginger or made her neighbours believe she wept for the death of a third husband. ❋ Unknown (2004)

But we traded the option of blissful ignorance for lucidity with every stone tool knapped, every fire kindled, and with every novel technology teased out of nature. ❋ Mumon (2004)

Microdrills for boring out beads, and fragments of carefully knapped bifacial knives also turned up. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Fragments of fine bifacially knapped flint lances or knives. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The problem is that their technology in East Asia was simple; archaeologists frequently have trouble distinguishing real knapped tools from similar objects splintered by natural forces. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Those in Norfolk and Suffolk who knapped the flints were craftsmen too, chipping away until the blocky chunk was faceted at its business end to precise specifications. ❋ Colleen McCullough (2000)

"No, these are not the ones who foal-knapped me," the centaur replied. ❋ Anthony, Piers (1990)

The point is bifacially knapped, but not like a crude axehead. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

Then, from the prepared flint nodules he had with him, Jondalar knapped new blades and attached them to the spear shafts with the thick glue he had made as a coating for the boat, and fresh sinew. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

He used a special sharp flint blade, one that he knapped himself and replaced when needed, to shave himself every morning. ❋ Auel, Jean M. (1990)

Afterward, their own appetites sated, they would use their crude flint-knapped knives and flay the carcass, cutting it into manageable chunks to be put on the carriers. ❋ Leigh, Stephen (1989)

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