knubbly, a. dial.
(ˈnʌblɪ)
[f. knubble n. + -y.]
Full of or covered with ‘knubbles’ or small knobs: more usually nubbly.
| 1858 Mayhew Upp. Rhine i. §2 (1860) 35 A queer-looking knubbly little angel. 1860 All Year Round No. 42. 363 Up and down the knubbly street. 1883 Gd. Words Nov. 711/2 The grand old gnarled knubbly beech. 1910 W. de la Mare Three Mulla-Mulgars iv. 55 Three big knubbly cudgels. 1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xxi. 277 He held out his hand, a dirty, knubbly, ragged-nailed hand. 1939 ‘A. Bridge’ Four-Part Setting vii. 79 Two loose knubbly little cushions. |