knur
/nəː
/noun
1A small wooden or porcelain ball used in a game (knur and spell) resembling trapball, played in northern England.It is simply a little sling that dangles the knur from a stick stuck in the ground....
- Personally I regret that it has done so to the detriment of the more manly pedestrian exercises, wrestling, and the clever game of knur and spell.
- But there were plenty of less violent pastimes: knur and spell, ‘duck knop’, and football through the streets.
2 variant form of knar.
Origin
Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre (see knar).
- make a name for oneself
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of
- make an enemy of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman of
- make an issue of
- make a noise
- make an (or one's) entrance
- make a (or no) difference
- make a (or one's) fortune
- make a (or one's) pile
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a pitch
- make a plan
- make a play for
- make a point of
- make a present of
- make a production of
- make a (quick) quid
- make a rod for one's own back