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knurled

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knurled

   [nurld]
adjective
1.
having small ridges on the edge or surface; milled.
2.
having knurls or knots; gnarled.
Origin:
1605–15; knurl + -ed3

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knurl

   [nurl]
noun
1.
a small ridge or bead, especially one of a series, as on a button for decoration or on the edge of a thumbscrew to assist in obtaining a firm grip.
2.
a knur.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make knurls or ridges on.
Also, nurl.

Origin:
1600–10; earlier knurle (noun). See knur, -le
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knurl
1608, probably a dim. of M.E. knor "knot" (c.1400), related to gnarl, from P.Gmc. *knur- (cf. Ger. knorren "a knotty excrescence").
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