a. ? Obs. Also 5 knorred, 6 knurd. [f. KNUR + -ED2.] Knotted; rugged, gnarled.
c. 1430. Pilgr. Lyf Manhode, II. cxxi. (1869), 120. It is a staf for a cowheerde,… for it is hard, and knorred, and writhen.
1577. Stanyhurst, Descr. Irel., in Holinshed, Chron., II. 18/2. To cleaue knurd knobs with crabbed wedges. Ibid. (1582), Æneis, I. (Arb.), 27. Thee gates of warfare wyl then bee mannacled hardly With steele bunch chayne knob, clingd, knurd, and narrolye lincked.
