a. dial. [f. KNUBBLE sb. + -Y.] Full of or covered with ‘knubbles’ or small knobs: more usually NUBBLY.

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1858.  Mayhew, Upp. Rhine, i. § 2 (1860), 35. A queer-looking knubbly little angel.

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1860.  All Year Round, No. 42. 363. Up and down the knubbly street.

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1883.  Gd. Words, Nov., 711/2. The grand old gnarled knubbly beech.

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