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Knock on Wood

Wood grain warm and worn, like a porch where you knock to change your luck.

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Knock on Wood is a warm grey.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Knock on Wood

Knocking on wood

Knocking on wood is an apotropaic tradition of literally touching, tapping, or knocking on wood, or merely stating that one is doing or intending to do so, in order to avoid "tempting fate" after making a favorable prediction or boast, or a declaration concerning one's own death or another unfavorable situation.

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Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd album)

Knock on Wood is the debut album of soul singer/songwriter Eddie Floyd, released in 1967 on Stax Records. The album was recorded between July and December 1966 at Stax Recording Studio. It features his most well-known single, the title track, "Knock on Wood".

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Knock on Wood (Eddie Floyd song)

"Knock on Wood" is a song by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper released as a single by Floyd in 1966. The song was later covered by other artists, most notably Amii Stewart in 1979. Stewart's disco version was the most successful on weekly music charts.

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Wood

Wood is a natural, lignocellulosic material derived primarily from the secondary xylem of trees and other woody plants, where it provides mechanical support and in the functional sapwood, conducts water and dissolved minerals. Being a natural material, it is characterized as an organic material – a natural composite of cellulosic fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin and hemicelluloses that resists compression.

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knock on wood

Verb

  1. To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.

Interjection

  1. Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
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