[dim. of KNOB sb. = Du. and LG. knobbel knob, knot: cf. G. knobel (knöbel, knübel) knuckle, knot.] A small knob.

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a. 1485.  [see KNOB sb. 1 b quot. 1490].

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1577.  Lanc. Wills (1857), II. 92. One standeinge cup … wth … roses upon the knobble off the cover.

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1849.  Alb. Smith, Pottleton Leg. (repr.), 46. I always endeavour to act right by gentlemen’s coals, and wouldn’t rob them of a knobble.

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  Hence Knobbled a., knobbed.

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1875.  [see KNOBBED, quot. 1839].

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