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knobbling

knobbling is the present participle and gerund of knobble.

Meaning of knobble

Verb

knobble (third-person singular simple present knobbles, present participle knobbling, simple past and past participle knobbled)

  1. (transitive) To give a knobbly surface to.
  2. (transitive) To produce wrought iron by treating (semirefined puddled iron) on a hearth before shingling.
    • knobbled charcoal iron

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Questions about knobbling

What is knobbling the present participle and gerund of?
Knobbling is the present participle and gerund of knobble.

Words near knobbling in the dictionary

  1. knobbles
  2. knobblier
  3. knobblies
  4. knobbliest
  5. knobbliness
  6. knobbling
  7. knobbly
  8. knobby
  9. knobby seahorse
  10. knobby seahorses
  11. knobby-kneed

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