[nob] 
noun, verb, knobbed, knob⋅bing.| 1. | a projecting part, usually rounded, forming the handle of a door, drawer, or the like. |
| 2. | a rounded lump or protuberance on the surface or at the end of something, as a knot on a tree trunk. |
| 3. | Architecture. an ornamental boss, as of carved work. |
| 4. | a rounded hill, mountain, or elevation on a ridge. |
| 5. | to produce a knob on. |
| 6. | to furnish with a knob. |
| 7. | (in stone cutting) to knock off (excess stone) preparatory to dressing; knobble; skiffle. |
| knob (nŏb) n.
[Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German, knot in wood.] knobbed (nŏbd) adj., knob'bi·ness n., knob'by adj. |