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Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: probably blend of knur and gnarl Date: 1608 1. a small protuberance, excrescence, or knob 2. one of a series of small ridges or beads on a metal surface to aid in gripping • knurled adjective • knurly adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a small projecting knob, ridge, etc. Derivatives: knurled adj. Etymology: KNUR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knurl Knurl, n. [See Knar, Gnar.] A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection. 2. One who, or that which, is crossgrained.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knurl Knurl, v. t. To provide with ridges, to assist the grasp, as in the edge of a flat knob, or coin; to mill.

Moby Thesaurus

Vandyke, bilge, blain, blaze, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, chop, clump, condyle, convex, crenellate, crenulate, crimp, cut, dowel, ear, flange, flap, gall, gash, gnarl, handle, hill, hump, hunch, incise, indent, jag, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, lip, loop, lump, machicolate, mill, mole, mountain, nevus, nick, notch, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, picot, pink, rib, ridge, ring, scallop, scarify, score, scotch, serrate, shoulder, slash, spine, stud, style, tab, tooth, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt