Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To roll or press a pattern of ridges or indentations into a part for grip.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA contorted knot in wood. · A crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. · A lined or crossgrained pattern of ridges or indentations rolled or pressed into a part for grip.
From knur + -le (“diminutive”), from Middle English knarre (“knot in wood”), earlier sense “a stone”, likely influenced by Old Norse knǫrr. gnarl is a later variant, from gnarled, via knurled.
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