单词 | knubble |
释义 | knubblen. Now rare. A small lump, knob, or protuberance; = nubble n. 1.In earliest use referring to a knuckle. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bones of hand or foot > bones of hand > [noun] > bone at finger-joint knucklec1440 knuckle-bone1577 knubble1671 1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Knubble, knub, Nodus seu Condylus digiti. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Knubble, a small knob, as at the end of a walking-stick, a poker, the handle of a door, &c. 1838 Court Mag. 12 187/1 As he backed, she followed him so closely that her great knubble of a nose ever and anon came in contact with his face. 1881 Bell's Life in London 18 June 4/4 Separate little juicy knubbles of vegetation. 1911 St. Anne (Illinois) Rec. 29 Sept. Let 'em get on as best they can, with a lawn all knubbles. 2011 Atlantic Monthly June 30/3 Its [sc. Maine's] beauty is repeated in its islands, thousands of them if one also counts those rock ledges known locally as ‘knubbles’—small knobs—some of them supporting a tree or two. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † knubblev. Obsolete. transitive. To hit (a person or thing) with the fist or knuckles; to pummel (see also quot. a1825). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > so as to make a sound > knock knellc950 chopa1375 knap?a1500 knock1623 rap1676 knubble1721 knobble?1795 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > with the hand > with the knuckles nubc1610 nubble1673 knub1721 knubble1721 knuckle1792 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Knub, Knuble, to beat with the Fist or Knuckles. 1751 L. Chambaud Idioms French & Eng. Langs. 146/1 I shall knubble your chops. Je vous frotterai les oreilles. 1809 E. Thomas Monte Video (1816) I. xxvii. 220 To stand still to be knubbled, and beat, and thwack'd, and thump'd, and thrust at, and throttled..with one's hands tied behind one. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Knubble, to handle clumsily; using thumbs and knuckles, as in kneading dough. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Knub, Knubble, to beat; to strike with the knuckle. [Not used.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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