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knobble

[nob-uhl]

verb (used with object)

knobbled, knobbling 
  1. to knob (excess stone).

  2. Metallurgy.,  to treat (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling to produce wrought iron.



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Other Word Forms

  • knobbler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of knobble1

First recorded in 1835–45; knob + -le
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Example Sentences

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His former aide Dominic Cummings has suggested that he PM very much had a hound in this fight - that it would benefit him to knobble Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone.

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Signs of a knobble on the bone, they add, might be the result of manual activity, possibly the stress of making stone tools.

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Its no disgrace - - but this was supposed to be the year for Alonso to knobble Vettel and it's not going to happen for him because the team is falling apart.

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