▪ I. knurling, nurling, vbl. n.
(ˈnɜːlɪŋ)
[See knurl v.]
The action of the verb knurl; also concr. knurled work.
| 1611 Cotgr., Goderon,..a fashion of imbossement vsed by Goldsmithes, &c., and tearmed knurling. 1862 Mayhew Lond. Labour IV. 377 Then you file the edges of the coin to perfect the ‘knerling’. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1536/2 Nurling, the indentations or fluting on the edges of coins, the heads of temper and set screws, and similar objects. |
| attrib. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech. 1536/2 Nurling-tool, a milling-tool. One for indenting the heads of temper and tangent screws, etc. 1879 Sci. Amer. XL. 223 Knurling tool. |
▪ II. ˈknurling, -lin, n. Sc.
[f. knur n. 4, or knurl 2: see -ing, -ling.]
= knurl n. 2.
| 1794 Burns Pastoral Poetry iii, Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives Horatian fame. 1899 J. Lumsden Edinburgh Poems & Songs 149 Ouphes, knurlins, goblins, ghouls. |