knobble
Americanverb (used with object)
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to knob (excess stone).
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Metallurgy. to treat (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling to produce wrought iron.
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When the weather gets cooler after a hot period, instead of the main potato tuber growing "it tends to grow a little knobble on the end".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sporting the knobbled cap, I stare at a screen showing Japanese phonetic characters and say aloud words beginning with each sound.
From Nature ● Jan. 19, 2011
The hollow, knobbled calf was pink, like proper calves should be.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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