Bible Dictionaries
Knobstick

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trades union.

(2):

(n.) A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Knobstick'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​k/knobstick.html. 1828.