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[knȯᶊɩ, k‘nȯᶊɩ], sb., a protuberance; an object of a coarse, knobby appearance; a k. o’ a tail. De. Cf. No. knust, m., and knyste, n., knobby log of wood, Sw. (dial.) knyst, m., Da. knyst, c., bunion, and Sw. dial. knose, m., protuberance.

knott [knɔt, knåt, k‘nɔt, k‘nåt], sb., 1) roundish lump. 2) a person with a short and stout body, a k. o’ a man (chield, fellow). The word, esp. in sense 2, is to be derived rather from Old Northern than from Eng. knot, sb. No. knott, m., a short, stout body (prop. a ball; log; cone); O.N. knǫttr, m., a ball; globe. Originally the same as the foll. word.

knotti (knutti) [k‘noti], sb., properly a ball (for a game of ball), football, in later use a cork, a cork-stopper, used in football-playing, replacing a proper ball; to play k. Wh. A boy’s game. Instead of using the feet in hitting these corks, hooked, wooden sticks are (were) used, but otherwise the game is (was) essentially the same as football-playing. — O.N. knǫttr, m., a ball, inter alia for a game of ball (football). The word, however, is lost in this application in the Scandinavian countries.

knubbi [knobi], sb., tabu-name in fishermen’s lang. for potato. Fe.? Prop. a log, club, and the same word as knobb, sb.

knugl, knugel [knⁱogəl (kᶇogəl), k‘ᶇogəl], sb., protuberant knot or unevenness. Wests. (Sa.). Cf. O.N. knykill, m., a small knob or swelling, Fær. knykil [kni̇̄tᶊɩl], m., from *knuk-, a) lump; protuberant knot; b) small projecting crag; further: No. knoklar, pl., lumps, as on frozen ground. — The form knugl with gl indicates the word to be an old Norn word, and not Eng. knuckle. — snukkel, snjukkel, snikkel,

q.v., are prop. syn. or closely cognate with the word here treated.

knuglet [knⁱoglət (kᶇoglət), k‘ᶇoglət], now more comm.: knugli, knugl-y [knⁱogli (kᶇogli), k‘ᶇogli], adj., full of projecting knots, knobby, uneven; a k. staff, a k. sten (knobby, useless for building purposes), a k. hand. Wests. (Sa.). Deriv. of the preceding word. Cf. No. knoklutt, adj., lumpy, uneven, and Da. knoklet, knoglet, adj., bony.

knurr [knorr], sb., a slight sound, a murmur; no [‘not’] a k., not the slightest sound or indication. Uⁿ. *knurr. See the foll. word.

knurr [knorr], vb., to produce a slight sound, to whisper, murmur; esp. negatively. Uⁿ. More comm. as a substantive; see preceding. No. knurra, Da. knurre, to produce a sound, to grumble, murmur.

kobb [kɔb, kȯb], sb., a young seal. Papa Stour. O.N. kobbi, m., a seal. See kub, kubi, sb., which is another form [O.N. kópr].

kobbi [kȯbi] and kobbek [kȯbək], sb., 1) kobbi: the hollowed stone or wooden box from which a pig eats its food. Uⁿ., Fo. 2) kobbek: a wooden vessel, small tub. Fe. May be either O.N. koppr, m., a cup, small vessel (for a change pp > bb in Shetl. Norn see Introd. V — also N.Spr. VII — § 38 a), or No. kubbe, m., a log of wood; stub of a tree, Sw. kubb, m., in dial. inter alia applied to a flat-bottomed cargo-boat, Icel. kubbi and kubbr, m., a stump. kobbi, however, easily merges with kupi, sb.; q.v.

kobbirobbis [kɔb··irɔb·is], sb. pl., small, detached, ragged clouds. Br. Prop. seals’ tails. See kobb, sb. robbis for rovis through influence of the preceding word kobbi-. rovi, rovek, sb., a tail. See tovi-rovins, sb. pl., = kobbirobbis. A more