knurl noun & verb. [nǝ:l] Also nurl. E17.
[App. a deriv. of KNUR. Cf. GNARL noun, KNARL.]
A. noun.
1. A small projection or excrescence; a knot, knob, etc.; a small bead or ridge, esp. any of a series worked on a metal surface. E17.

2. A thickset stumpy person. Scot. & dial. L17.
b. verb trans. Make knurls on the edge of (a coin, a screw-head, etc.); mill, crenate. L19.

■ knurled adjective having knurls; crenated, milled: E17.

■ knurling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) knurled work: E17.

■ knurly adjective (a) having knurls or knots; (b) Scot. & dial. stumpy, thickset: E17.

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