A.card or comb wool, dress or full cloth (either with teasel or comb), “ἱμάτια” Dsc.4.159; “παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ πόκος οὐ κνάπτεται” Xenocr. ap. D.L.4.10.
2. of torture, “ἐπ᾽ ἀσπαλάθων κνάπτοντες” Pl.R.616a (cf. “κνάφος” 11): generally, mangle, tear, “μάστιγι” Cratin. 275:—Pass., δίνᾳ κναπτόμενοι, of bodies mangled against rocks, A.Pers.576 (lyr.); ἐκνάπτετ᾽ αἰέν, of Hector's body, S.Aj.1031, cf. Philostr.VA6.40.
3. κ. γλῶσσαν, = συνέχειν ἐντὸς τῶν ὀδόντων, Com.Adesp.1313 (= Trag.Adesp.224). (Acc.Sch.Ar.Pl.166, κνάπτω, κναφεύς, etc., were old Att., γνάπτω, γναφεύς, etc., later Att., confirmed by Inscrr.: forms in γν- are found in Ionic, Papyri, and later Gr., e.g. Dsc. l.c.; κνάμπτ- Pl.l.c. (as v.l.), Philostr.l.c.: cf. Welsh cnaif 'fleece', Engl. nap (on cloth), Lett. knābt 'pick', 'peck'.)
