a. Obs. [f. KNUR + -Y.]
1. Full of knurs, kuotty, gnarled.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, VII. ix. 71. Wyth ane knotty club and knorry heid.
1582. Stanyhurst, Æneis, etc. (Arb.), 143. Thee knurrye knob oake tree,… in strength surpasseth a smooth slip.
1601. Deacon & Walker, Spirits & Divels, To Rdr. 7. Knottie or knurrie hard logs doe craue strong yron wedges.
1664. Evelyn, Sylva (1776), 217. Poplars and Abeles [on] coming to be very old are apt to grow knurry and out of proportion.
2. fig. ‘Knotty,’ perplexing.
1615. Crooke, Body of Man, 304. The second Question is more obscure and the more knurrie knotte a great deale to riue.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 225. Set all their braines awork how to contrive the knurriest arguments.
