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Synonyms for knobbed

Grammar : Verb
Spell : nob
Phonetic Transcription : nÉ’b

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Définition of knobbed

Origin :
  • late 14c., knobe, probably from a Scandinavian or German source (cf. Middle Low German knobbe "knob," Middle Dutch cnoppe, Dutch knop, Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf, German Knopf "button," Old Norse knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1640s, especially in U.S.
  • As in pommel : verb beat
Example sentences :
  • If they are knobbed at the end, the specimen is a male, otherwise it is a female or as yet immature.
  • Extract from : « Spiders » by Cecil Warburton
  • The roots are knobbed and fibrous; and the stems are twisted and knobbed in a wild state.
  • Extract from : « Botany for Ladies » by Jane Loudon
  • He has horns like the catfish, and is knobbed like a bludgeon-squash.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Zui Creation Myths » by Frank Hamilton Cushing
  • The plants and bushes around me were knobbed all over with wax-green buds.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of a Midget » by Walter de la Mare
  • He shuffled on his hat and caught firm hold of his knobbed umbrella.
  • Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
  • He had a knobbed stick, capable of dealing a very damaging blow.
  • Extract from : « King of the Air » by Herbert Strang
  • It is a knobbed, irregular root, and when cooked resembles the ginseng.
  • Extract from : « First Across the Continent » by Noah Brooks
  • Indeed, throughout his face there was something of the knobbed and gnarled character of that monarch of our woods.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction » by Various
  • Then the knobbed limbs snapped the white metal tube to a level position.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various
  • Then I saw him reaching with a knobbed claw for a slender silver tube slung to his harness.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, April, 1931 » by Various

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