KNOBBLER
Knob"bler, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The hart in its second year; a young deer. [Written also
knobber.] Halliwell.
He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W.
Scott.
KNOBBLING FIRE
Knob"bling fire
Defn: . A bloomery fire. See Bloomery.
KNOBBY
Knob"by, a. Etym: [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.
KNOBKERRIE
Knob"ker`rie, n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick +
Hottentot kïrri club.]
Defn: A short club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by
Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa.