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knob⋅by

  [nob-ee]
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–adjective, -bi⋅er, -bi⋅est.
1. full of or covered with knobs: the knobby trunk of a tree.
2. shaped like a knob.
Origin:
1535–45; knob + -y 1

Related forms:
knob⋅bi⋅ness, noun
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knob   (nŏb)   
n.  
  1. A rounded protuberance.
    1. A rounded handle, as on a drawer or door.
    2. A rounded control switch or dial.
  3. A prominent rounded hill or mountain.

[Middle English knobbe, from Middle Low German, knot in wood.]
knobbed (nŏbd) adj., knob'bi·ness n., knob'by adj.
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Knobby

Knob"by\, a. [From Knob.]

1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. --Dr. H. More.

2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]

The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. --Howell.

3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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