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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Knurl

/(nûrl)/ · IPA /nɝl/
01 n. A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
  1. 1.
    A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
  2. 2.
    One who, or that which, is crossgrained.
02 v. t. To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.
  1. 1.
    To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.