Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In stone-cutting, the operation of knocking off the rough corners of ashler in the preliminary dressing; knobbing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In
quarrying ,rough dressing byknocking offknobs orprojections ;knobbing .
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In his new single, "Please Don't Go," which features the same skiffling beat, he's changed his tune and is begging a girl to stay.
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