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单词 nubbed
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nubbedadj.

Brit. /nʌbd/, U.S. /nəbd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nub n.1, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < nub n.1 + -ed suffix2. Compare earlier knubbed adj.
rare before 19th century.
Having numerous small protuberances; covered in nubs or lumps; knobbly.
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1669 in J. S. Moore Clifton & Westbury Probate Inventories (1981) 112 One nubed gould ringe..one silver whissell.
1867 J. J. H. Gregory Squashes 62 If a Hubbard [squash], it should be very thick and hard shelled, of a dark green color, and the rougher and more nubbed the better.
1892 Wade’s Fibre & Fabric 10 Dec. 184/1 A manufacturer is looking for nubbed cotton yarn.
1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 31 The great nubbed tracks made a plain pattern across the sand.
1950 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 37 674/1 Occasionally the exospore is modified with prickly, spiny, or nubbed modifications.
1984 G. Jennings Journeyer 607 It was from Shan-dong that came the heavy, nubbed, much-prized silk fabric also called shan-dong.
1991 L. Niven et al. Fallen Angels 130 Alex stared at the two-headed creature with the nubbed lips.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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