konk

conch n Some old trees have large knots on them--these knots are called 'konks'. Many times a lumberman who found an entire big konk has brough it to the camp for an ornament. One barn door was adorned with a lovely konk. Yes DNE-cit [His sp. is _kank_, but he clearly gives the phonemic fo...

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Summary:conch n Some old trees have large knots on them--these knots are called 'konks'. Many times a lumberman who found an entire big konk has brough it to the camp for an ornament. One barn door was adorned with a lovely konk. Yes DNE-cit [His sp. is _kank_, but he clearly gives the phonemic form as /[PT]/, a low back unrounded vowel. WK] W. J. KIRWIN Used I and Sup Not Used 3 Used I conk*, CHIRPER Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 17 Jun 2016