knobble

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English

Etymology

From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob +‎ -le.

Pronunciation

Noun

knobble (plural knobbles)

  1. A small knob.
    • 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 59, in Small Island, London: Review, page 524:
      [] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl.

Derived terms

Verb

knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)

  1. (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
  2. (transitive, metallurgy) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
    knobbled charcoal iron
    a knobbling furnace