knacker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: knacker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for knacker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
knacker n someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them someone who buys up old horses for slaughter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knacker \Knack"er\, n. [Cf. Icel. hnakkr a saddle.] 1. a harness maker. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat. [Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knacker \Knack"er\, n. 1. One who makes knickknacks, toys, etc. --Mortimer. 2. One of two or more pieces of bone or wood held loosely between the fingers, and struck together by moving the hand; -- called also {clapper}. --Halliwell.