knurl

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and shows me the end of his thumb calloused and hard as the knurl of white oak; only fire could clean it to the original skin.

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  1. noun A knob, knot, or other small protuberance.
  2. noun One of a series of small ridges or grooves on the surface or edge of a metal object, such as a thumbscrew, to aid in gripping.
  3. transitive verb To provide with knurls; mill.

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  1. Probably diminutive of knur.

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  1. A diminutive form of knur: as knarl of knar. Cf. knurned.
 

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