v. Obs. Also 6 knatch. [app. a phonetic variant or deriv. of KNACK v.] trans. To knock (on the head), destroy, crash, suppress.
a. 1564. Becon, Common-pl. Holy Script., in Prayers, etc. (1844), 339. He that killeth a sheep for me knetcheth a dog.
1579. Gosson, Sch. Abuse, 29 b. With a great clubbe [Commodus] knatched them all on the hed, as they had been Giauntes.
1609. Bp. W. Barlow, Answ. Nameless Cath., 17. Now for vs to feret & knetch these Vermin.
1633. T. Adams, Exp. 2 Peter iii. 3. That treason was knetched before it was fully hatched.
