knubn.

Brit.

/nʌb/, U.S.

/nəb/

Forms: 1500s knubbe, 1500s– knub, 1600s 1800s knubb.

Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: knob n., Middle Low German knubbe.

Etymology: Either (i) a variant of knob n., or (ii) < Middle Low German knubbe (German regional (Low German) Knubbe ; > German Knubbe ), cognate with Norwegian (Nynorsk) knubb , Swedish regional knubb , knubbe , Old Danish, Danish (now regional) knub and also with the Germanic forms listed at knob n., further related to knop n.¹, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately part of a larger group of words denoting lumpy, rounded objects, e.g. knot n.¹ and knoll n.¹, perhaps ultimately < a verbal base with the sense ‘to squeeze’ (reflected e.g. by Middle Low German knīpen to squeeze). Compare later nub n.¹ (found earlier in uses corresponding to senses 1b and 3).Compare also Shetland Scots knubbi protuberance, also used as a fishermen's taboo avoidance word for ‘potato’ (late 19th cent.; < the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed above).

a. A small knob or lump; a nugget; = nub n.¹ 2a. Also figurative. Also: a protuberance or swelling on the body. Cf. knob n. 1b, 1a. Now somewhat rare (chiefly English regional in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance

ampereOE

kernelc1000

wenc1000

knot?c1225

swella1250

bulchc1300

bunchc1325

bolninga1340

botcha1387

bouge1398

nodusa1400

oedemaa1400

wax-kernel14..

knobc1405

nodule?a1425

more?c1425

bunnyc1440

papa1450

knurc1460

waxing kernel?c1460

lump?a1500

waxen-kernel1500

bump1533

puff1538

tumour?1541

swelling1542

elevation1543

enlarging1562

knub1563

pimple1582

ganglion1583

button1584

phyma1585

emphysema?1587

flesh-pimple1587

oedem?a1591

burgeon1597

wartle1598

hurtle1599

pough1601

wart1603

extumescence1611

hulch1611

peppernel1613

affusion1615

extumescency1684

jog1715

knibloch1780

tumefaction1802

hunch1803

income1808

intumescence1822

gibber1853

tumescence1859

whetstone1886

tumidity1897

Osler's node1920

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > boil

boila1000

kyle1340

botcha1387

anthraxa1398

bealc1400

carbuncle?a1425

froncle1543

knub1563

anthracosis?1587

nail1600

big1601

ouche1612

bubuklea1616

bolwaie1628

coal1665

furuncle1676

Natal sore1851

gurry sore1897

1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. A3^v Thou haste no hornes but knubbes.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 109 And with exceeding mighty knubs her heeles behynd boynd out.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Pii/1 Knubbe, bruscum, callum.

1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 137 A Woman far gone in a Scurvie,..ful of spots and knubs as big as French Nuts about her body.

1717 G. Jacob Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum ii. 11 When he [sc. a horse] comes to Ten Years of Age, he has a Knub on the Joint of his Tail, near his Bum, larger than the rest.

1779 Gen. Evening Post 23 Sept. Those knubs of calcareous fossil which, cut off horizontally, are polished into curiously variegated slabs.

a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Knub, a knob.

1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xv. 178 I came butt up against something solid, the feel of which gathered all my scattered wits into a compact knub of dread.

1960 Countryman Autumn 451 John tossed a knub of scone and stamped a foot. ‘York, come on, boy.’ But the dog continued to lie.

2008 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 18 Dec. b10 Holding the knub of meat at the tail, run the blade flush with the counter between skin and meat.

b. The heart of a matter; the crux or central point of a discussion, argument, etc.; = nub n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central

pitheOE

effectc1405

substancec1450

kernel1556

nick1577

keystone1641

vitals1657

narrow1702

secret1738

ganglion1828

nub1833

primality1846

keyword1848

knub1864

buzzword1946

in word1964

1864 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 15 Apr. General Sickle is a war Democrat, and there lies the knub of that joke.

1926 U.S. Investor 18 Dec. 44/3 The knub of the whole matter is that the Southern Minnesota institution has been obliged to take over considerable real estate.

1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Mar. 618/2 I think Dr Oakley has put her finger on the knub of the question.

2006 P. Jarvis Towards Comprehensive Theory Human Learning (2010) xii. 197 None of them have actually explained the whole of the learning process, and this is the knub of the matter.

†2. A male red deer in its second year that has antlers appearing as bony knobs; = knobber n. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year

brocketa1425

pricketa1425

brockc1515

spittard1538

spitter1565

brocard1607

subulon1607

knub1617

knobber1677

knobbler1686

buck-fawn1786

1617 N. Assheton Jrnl. (1848) 61 A knubb was killed and a calf.

3. The innermost wrapping of a silkworm cocoon. Frequently in plural (often used to refer to waste silk in this form). Cf. nub n.¹ 1. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm > innermost wrapping of chrysalis in

nub1594

knub1787

1787 T. Andrewes Rates & Tables i. sig. H2 Silk Knubs, or Husks of Silk, the Pound.

1829 Morning Jrnl. 9 Apr. Deduct for waste, knubs, and husks, imported within the year.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 216/2 A large quantity is imported under the names of ‘knubs’ and ‘husks’ which is carded and spun up into various common silk stuffs.

1909 New York Times 14 Nov. c4/4 The waste silk (husks or knubs) is exported to Switzerland, North Italy and the Rhine provinces.

1994 A. J. H. Latham & H. Kawakatsu Japanese Industrialization & Asian Econ. vii. 166 Silk knubs..rose from 3 per cent to nearly 12 per cent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	knub
释义	knubn. Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Forms: 1500s knubbe, 1500s– knub, 1600s 1800s knubb. Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: knob n., Middle Low German knubbe. Etymology: Either (i) a variant of knob n., or (ii) < Middle Low German knubbe (German regional (Low German) Knubbe ; > German Knubbe ), cognate with Norwegian (Nynorsk) knubb , Swedish regional knubb , knubbe , Old Danish, Danish (now regional) knub and also with the Germanic forms listed at knob n., further related to knop n.¹, of uncertain origin, perhaps ultimately part of a larger group of words denoting lumpy, rounded objects, e.g. knot n.¹ and knoll n.¹, perhaps ultimately < a verbal base with the sense ‘to squeeze’ (reflected e.g. by Middle Low German knīpen to squeeze). Compare later nub n.¹ (found earlier in uses corresponding to senses 1b and 3).Compare also Shetland Scots knubbi protuberance, also used as a fishermen's taboo avoidance word for ‘potato’ (late 19th cent.; < the unattested Norn cognate of the Scandinavian words listed above). 1. a. A small knob or lump; a nugget; = nub n.¹ 2a. Also figurative. Also: a protuberance or swelling on the body. Cf. knob n. 1b, 1a. Now somewhat rare (chiefly English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun] > a swelling or protuberance ampereOE kernelc1000 wenc1000 knot?c1225 swella1250 bulchc1300 bunchc1325 bolninga1340 botcha1387 bouge1398 nodusa1400 oedemaa1400 wax-kernel14.. knobc1405 nodule?a1425 more?c1425 bunnyc1440 papa1450 knurc1460 waxing kernel?c1460 lump?a1500 waxen-kernel1500 bump1533 puff1538 tumour?1541 swelling1542 elevation1543 enlarging1562 knub1563 pimple1582 ganglion1583 button1584 phyma1585 emphysema?1587 flesh-pimple1587 oedem?a1591 burgeon1597 wartle1598 hurtle1599 pough1601 wart1603 extumescence1611 hulch1611 peppernel1613 affusion1615 extumescency1684 jog1715 knibloch1780 tumefaction1802 hunch1803 income1808 intumescence1822 gibber1853 tumescence1859 whetstone1886 tumidity1897 Osler's node1920 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > boil boila1000 kyle1340 botcha1387 anthraxa1398 bealc1400 carbuncle?a1425 froncle1543 knub1563 anthracosis?1587 nail1600 big1601 ouche1612 bubuklea1616 bolwaie1628 coal1665 furuncle1676 Natal sore1851 gurry sore1897 1563 R. Reynolds Foundacion of Rhetorike f. A3^v Thou haste no hornes but knubbes. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 109 And with exceeding mighty knubs her heeles behynd boynd out. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Pii/1 Knubbe, bruscum, callum. 1662 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist (new ed.) 137 A Woman far gone in a Scurvie,..ful of spots and knubs as big as French Nuts about her body. 1717 G. Jacob Country Gentleman's Vade Mecum ii. 11 When he [sc. a horse] comes to Ten Years of Age, he has a Knub on the Joint of his Tail, near his Bum, larger than the rest. 1779 Gen. Evening Post 23 Sept. Those knubs of calcareous fossil which, cut off horizontally, are polished into curiously variegated slabs. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Knub, a knob. 1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ xv. 178 I came butt up against something solid, the feel of which gathered all my scattered wits into a compact knub of dread. 1960 Countryman Autumn 451 John tossed a knub of scone and stamped a foot. ‘York, come on, boy.’ But the dog continued to lie. 2008 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 18 Dec. b10 Holding the knub of meat at the tail, run the blade flush with the counter between skin and meat. b. The heart of a matter; the crux or central point of a discussion, argument, etc.; = nub n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > that which is important > essential or central pitheOE effectc1405 substancec1450 kernel1556 nick1577 keystone1641 vitals1657 narrow1702 secret1738 ganglion1828 nub1833 primality1846 keyword1848 knub1864 buzzword1946 in word1964 1864 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 15 Apr. General Sickle is a war Democrat, and there lies the knub of that joke. 1926 U.S. Investor 18 Dec. 44/3 The knub of the whole matter is that the Southern Minnesota institution has been obliged to take over considerable real estate. 1980 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Mar. 618/2 I think Dr Oakley has put her finger on the knub of the question. 2006 P. Jarvis Towards Comprehensive Theory Human Learning (2010) xii. 197 None of them have actually explained the whole of the learning process, and this is the knub of the matter. †2. A male red deer in its second year that has antlers appearing as bony knobs; = knobber n. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > male > [noun] > in its second year brocketa1425 pricketa1425 brockc1515 spittard1538 spitter1565 brocard1607 subulon1607 knub1617 knobber1677 knobbler1686 buck-fawn1786 1617 N. Assheton Jrnl. (1848) 61 A knubb was killed and a calf. 3. The innermost wrapping of a silkworm cocoon. Frequently in plural (often used to refer to waste silk in this form). Cf. nub n.¹ 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Bombycidae > genus Bombyx > silk moth > caterpillar of bombyx mori or silkworm > innermost wrapping of chrysalis in nub1594 knub1787 1787 T. Andrewes Rates & Tables i. sig. H2 Silk Knubs, or Husks of Silk, the Pound. 1829 Morning Jrnl. 9 Apr. Deduct for waste, knubs, and husks, imported within the year. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 216/2 A large quantity is imported under the names of ‘knubs’ and ‘husks’ which is carded and spun up into various common silk stuffs. 1909 New York Times 14 Nov. c4/4 The waste silk (husks or knubs) is exported to Switzerland, North Italy and the Rhine provinces. 1994 A. J. H. Latham & H. Kawakatsu Japanese Industrialization & Asian Econ. vii. 166 Silk knubs..rose from 3 per cent to nearly 12 per cent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † knubv.¹ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nab v.¹ Etymology: Apparently a variant or alteration of nab v.¹ Compare earlier nibble v. and (especially with the initial silent k ) knabble v. Obsolete. transitive. To bite (something) gently, to nibble. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1000 bitec1250 nibblea1500 knabble1580 knepa1642 knuba1652 nab1653 chumble1821 natter1862 a1652 R. Brome City Wit iv. i. sig. E5, in Five New Playes (1653) As you have beheld two Horses knubbing one another; Ka me, Ka thee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2019). knubv.² Brit. /nʌb/, U.S. /nəb/ Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nub v.¹ Etymology: Apparently a variant of nub v.¹ Compare earlier nubble v. and also knubble v. Now rare (Shetland in later use). transitive. To strike (something) with the fist or knuckles; to thump, beat. Cf. knubble v. Sc. National Dict. (at knub) records this sense as still in use in Shetland in 1960. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the knuckles nubc1610 nubble1673 knub1721 knubble1721 knuckle1792 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Knub, Knuble, to beat with the Fist or Knuckles. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Knub, Knubble, to beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Not used.] 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 61 Knub, to thump, to pummel, S[hetland]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563v.¹a1652v.²1721
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