knurredadj.
/nəːd/, U.S. /nərd/ ? Obsolete.
Knotted; rugged, gnarled.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots
knurneda1225
warreda1398
knarryc1405
knottyc1405
knurredc1430
knurry1513
knobby1526
knurrish1530
knappy1552
bunchy1562
gouty1597
nody1611
boiny1615
gnarleda1616
nodosous1623
nodose1657
tuberose1704
nodated1710
knablick1788
tuberculed1798
knubbly1809
knubby1828
nubbly1829
knobbled1840
knobbly1844
knarred1849
nubby1864
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > fastened with a knot > having knots
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knurred1582
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. cxxi. 120 It is a staf for a cowheerde,..for it is hard, and knorred, and writhen.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande ii. f. 8/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I To cleaue knurd knobbes with crabbed wedges.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Thee gates of warfare wyl then bee mannacled hardly With steele bunch chayne knob, clingd, knurd, and narrolye lincked.
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