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.
Other Word Forms
- knobbler noun
Etymology
Origin of knobble
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.
From BBC
Signs of a knobble on the bone, they add, might be the result of manual activity, possibly the stress of making stone tools.
From The Guardian
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.
From BBC
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