knur

[ nur ]

noun

1. a knotty or hard protuberance or growth, as on a tree.

knur

/ nɜː /

noun

1. a knot or protuberance in a tree trunk or in wood

Word History and Origins

Origin of knur¹

1350–1400; Middle English knorre, knor; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Middle High German knorre

Word History and Origins

Origin of knur¹

C16 knor; related to Middle High German knorre knot; compare knar

Example Sentences

"The first issue contained a great deal of delightful, but quite extraneous, matter," he writes drily, "such as the Rules of Knur and Spell, a brief history of China, the winners of the Derby, Oaks and St Leger, and sundry other discrete information on canals, British societies, the war of the Roses and coinage."

From The Guardian

Ye may ken, maybe," said the other, "that he speels the sides o' the Quarryheugh—that is, whar there are trees to haud by—like a squirrel, swinging frae ae ryss to anither, and sometimes dangling over the deep pool aneath him, like a showman's signboard, or a gammon frae the kitchen ciel o' the Priory o' Pittenweem; but the creature's legs are nae bigger than an urchin's, while his trunk and arms are like the knur and branches of an oak.

From Project Gutenberg

Oaks bear also a knur, full of a cottony matter, of which they anciently made wick for their lamps and candles; and among the Selectiora Remedia of Jo.

From Project Gutenberg

The bruscum, or Knur is wonderfully fair, but the molluscum is counted most precious; both of them knobs and swellings out of the tree.

From Project Gutenberg

He was asked to resign his place in the knur club, and if he joined any cricket eleven, the match fell to the ground.

From Project Gutenberg