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nubbly, a.|ˈnʌblɪ|
[f. nubble n. + -y1.]
1. Having numerous small protuberances; knobby, lumpy. (See also knubbly.) Also transf. and fig.
1829Hood in The Gem 181 A large order was sent for nubbly sofas and crooked chairs. 1844― Mrs. Barrage Wks. 1862 VI. 345 Her nose nubbly and red as a rosebud. 1871L. Stephen Playgr. Eur. (1894) vii. 156 Four of us were packed between a couple of nubbly rocks. 1882Blackmore Christowell III. iii. 49 Ungainly, nubbly fruit it was.
Comb.1879F. W. Robinson Coward Consc. i. iv, A stout, nubbly-faced, white-haired man.
transf.1864Daily Tel. 27 Oct., By enduring the nubbly and poignant anguish of those flint-stones. 1958Economist 8 Nov. 487/1 Labour had seemed in danger of becoming obsessed with the nubbly problems of publicity. 1963Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Feb. 96/5 A nubbly and idiosyncratic style.
2. Having the form of small lumps.
1845Hood The Storm, Quick, some coal, some nubbly pieces. 1864Guardian 21 Dec., Bright black nubbly antimony. 1894Fenn Real Gold 80, I hope it's going to be my luck to get just a few nubbly bits for myself.
3. Of cloth or fabric: rough-textured. Also as n.
1935Amer. Speech X. 192/1 A dress of nubby crepe may have nubbly knots. 1958J. D. MacDonald Executioners (1959) v. 72 She wore a green nubbly suit. 1964McCall's Sewing i. 8/1 A pebbly crêpe will not noticeably add pounds, but a very rough, nubbly wool tweed may have a decided effect. 1972Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 15 Janice is shopping..for new fabrics..and her mood is for nubblies, for lots of texture. 1973J. Burrows Like an Evening Gone iii. 39 A jacket of the same nubbly tweed material as the victim's skirt.
So ˈnubby a.
1876Leveson Gower Surrey Provinc., Nubby, cloddy, of land that breaks up in clods or lumps. 1935[see nubbly a. 3]. 1938Times 19 Jan. 17/2 The nubby type jacket to the waistline is worn with vivid coloured woollen frocks. 1967Boston Sunday Globe 23 Apr. 24 (Advt.), An elegant new drapery in a nubby solid and open weave design. 1974Union (S. Carolina) Daily Times 19 Apr. 5/3 Also, when washing acrylic sweaters, socks and other wash-and-wear things turn them inside out before washing and they do not get nubby and I think they wear longer. |