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knuleadj.n.  Brit.  /nuːl/, U.S. /nul/, Scottish English /(k)nul/, /(k)nʌl/, /(k)nɪl/, Irish English /nuːl/Origin: Probably a borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymology: Probably the reflex of a borrowing < early Scandinavian (compare Norwegian regional knul , Old Swedish knula (Swedish (now regional) knula ), Danish regional (Bornholm) knul , and (with different stem vowel) Old Swedish knyla (Swedish knyla (now regional), †knyl , †knøla , knøl (now the usual form)), early modern Danish knyl , all in sense ‘lump, knob, protuberance, excrescence’) < an extended form of the same Germanic base as Old Icelandic knúi knuckle (compare also (from the same base) Old English cnūwian to pound, Old Icelandic knýja to press); other extended forms of the base are reflected in knob n., knoll n.1, knop n.1, knot n.1, knur n., etc.; further etymology uncertain. In later use (especially in β. forms) perhaps also < German regional (Low German) Knull, Knulle lump, clod, swelling, excrescence (see knoll n.1).The γ. and δ. forms reflect unrounding of the vowel. Attested earlier as the first element of a nickname:1504 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1888) 23 46 Robert Ra [called] Knewlta. Scottish, English regional ( north-eastern), and Irish English ( northern). A. adj. ( attributive). the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling > swollen a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 157 That hes vpoun his feit a wyrok, Knowll tais nor mowlis in no degrie. 1760 6 Sept. A small bodied lad, knull knee'd, about five feet four inches high. 1835 J. Monteath ii. iv. 48 He was mounted on a pair of disproportionately-long ‘knull-kneed’ limbs. 1841 J. Paton 21 His nool knees. 1843 T. Wilson 29 He'll splet his nell-kneed, wall-eyed soul. 1887 A. Wardrop 187 That haverin', slaverin', nill-kneed, wee auld-farrant-lookin body. 1911 A. Warrack 314/2 Knule-kneed, having swelled or enlarged knee-joints; knock-kneed. 1996 C. I. Macafee 197 Knule-kneed, nool-kneed, knock-kneed. B. n.the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part > knob 1824 J. Mactaggart 366 Nools, small horns, which are not connected with the scull-bone. 1880 (new ed.) III. 60/2 Knule, a knob, a knot, a swelling, an excrescence. 1902 G. Williams in III. 487/1 [Perthshire] An excrescence on a tree or piece of wood caused by an insect is known here as a knule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.n.?a1513 |