ˈknurly, a.
[f. knurl n. + -y.]
a. Having knurls or knots; gnarled. b. Of the nature of a knurl, dwarfish.
| 1602 Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. iii, Till by degrees the tough and knurly trunke Be riv'd in sunder. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. iii. 6 The high timbring Oake..denotates a rich and battle soile:..the knurly, crooked and crabbed..starueling bewraies his barren and hungrie bedde. 1758 J. Adams Diary 3 Dec., Wks. 1850 II. 51 A little knurly, ill-natured horse. 1882 Garden 18 Mar. 182/2 This..apple..is knurly and imperfect at first. |