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ˈknurred, a. ? Obs.
Also 5 knorred, 6 knurd.
[f. knur + -ed2.]
Knotted; rugged, gnarled.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxxi. (1869) 120 It is a staf for a cowheerde,..for it is hard, and knorred, and writhen. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed Chron. II. 18/2 To cleaue knurd knobs with crabbed wedges. 1582― æneis i. (Arb.) 27 Thee gates of warfare wyl then bee mannacled hardly With steele bunch chayne knob, clingd, knurd, and narrolye lincked. |