Available Definitions:
1) n. - A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
2) n. - The knob on the hilt of a sword.
3) n. - The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
4) n. - The top (of the head).
5) n. - A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
6) v. t. - To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.