Nock (Verb)
Meaning
Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The craftsman spent hours nocking the intricate design onto the surface of the clay vessel.
- She used a small tool to nock a series of short lines into the wax coating.
- To create the pattern, the artist would carefully nock shallow grooves into the wood.
- The potter nocked small dots around the rim of the bowl before glazing it.
- The sculptor gently nocked a few shallow marks onto the marble to guide her chisel.