nock

nock is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.(Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom sail or of a trysail.
  2. 2.To notch; to fit to the string, as an arrow; to string, as a bow. Chapman.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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