Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nur"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nur \Nur\, n. [Cf. {Knur}.]
A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys
in playing hockey.
I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as
whitleather. --W. Howitt.
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