ppl. a. [f. KNOCK v. + -ED1.] Struck, hit, beaten, etc.: see KNOCK v.

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  † Knocked bear, barley beaten in a stone mortar in order to remove the hulls (Sc. Obs.). Knocked knees, knees turning inwards: cf. KNOCK-KNEED. Also with adverbs as knocked-down, -up, etc.: see KNOCK v. II.

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c. 1537.  Thersites, in Hazl., Dodsley, I. 405. Thou shalt have knocked bread and ill-fare.

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1583.  Leg. Bp. St. Androis, 467. Knocked beir, Herbis to the pot, and all sic geir.

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1776.  Rhode Isl. Col. Rec. (1862), VII. 571. Shaken or knocked down casks.

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1784.  J. Barry, in Lect. Paint., ii. (1848), 94. Knocked or baker knees.

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1890.  ‘R. Boldrewood,’ Col. Reformer (1891), 257. His … knocked-up horses showed … the effects of a long journey.

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