Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Knobby"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Knobby \Knob"by\, a. [From {Knob}.]
1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances.
--Dr. H. More.
2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [Obs.]
The informers continued in a knobby kind of
obstinacy. --Howell.
3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
knobby
adj : having knobs; "had knobbly knees" [syn: {knobbly}]
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