Definition of "knur" [knur]

• A bump or knot, as on a tree trunk; a gnarl. (noun)

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• "He was asked to resign his place in the knur club, and if he joined any cricket eleven, the match fell to the ground."
• "Oaks bear also a knur, full of a cottony matter, of which they anciently made wick for their lamps and candles; and among the _Selectiora Remedia_ of Jo."
• "Ur Nur thurs snur on the beverley rurd, ar knur cos it was just on varkin radiur"