knobble
English
Etymology
From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le.
Noun
knobble (plural knobbles)
- A small knob.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Fifty-nine, p. 524,
- […] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl.
- 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Fifty-nine, p. 524,
Derived terms
Verb
knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)
- (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
- knobbled charcoal iron
- a knobbling furnace
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