Knobble

//ˈnɒb.əl// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small knob.

    "[…] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl."

  2. 2
    a small knob wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To give a knobbly surface to. transitive
  2. 2
    To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling. transitive

    "knobbled charcoal iron"

Example

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"[…] I stared down into the chasm of this baby’s mouth, where the little pink knobble at the back of his throat was wiggling with the wind of his howl."

Etymology

From Middle English knoble; equivalent to knob + -le.

Related phrases

wrought iron

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