knurlingnurlingn.1
/ˈnəːlɪŋ/ The action of knurl v.; also concrete knurled work.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > condition or action of indentation of edge > [noun] > knurling or milling of edge
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Goderon,..a fashion of imbossement vsed by Goldsmithes, &c., and tearmed knurling.
1862 J. Binny in H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) Extra vol. 377/2 Then you file the edges of the coin to perfect the ‘knerling’.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1536/2 Nurling, the indentations or fluting on the edges of coins, the heads of temper and set screws, and similar objects.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
knurlingknurlinn.2
Scottish.
= knurl n. 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > imperfect development > dwarf
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > and broadness > person
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a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 191 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives Horatian fame.
1899 J. Lumsden Edinb. Poems & Songs 149 Ouphes, knurlins, goblins, ghouls.
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