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  • noun Plural form of knurl.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of knurl.

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Examples

  • Women's bodies contain so many curves, contours, knurls, crannies, convexities, involutions and promontories that their clothing provides space-age telemetry at every square inch, constantly sending back warning signals to the brain.

    The Westinghouse Diet It's as easy as pulling the plug 2010

  • The tools are toothed steel wheels (or rolls or knurls) pressing the pattern into the surface.

    2. Design and types of knurling tools Horst Kth 1990

  • Carved from frustums layered in-house, the tacos al pastor are crisp, riddled with golden knurls of flame-licked fat, and served on fresh, delicate, house-made minitortillas that make the big flavors seem almost dainty.

    Chicago Reader Kate Schmidt 2010

  • Carved from frustums layered in-house, the tacos al pastor are crisp, riddled with golden knurls of flame-licked fat, and served on fresh, delicate, house-made minitortillas that make the big flavors seem almost dainty.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Wood so deeply polished it looks endlessly 3D, bezels and knurls and organ stops for the vents that not only feel like metal in temperature, but have the heft and swing of real steel.

    BBC TopGear: Cars and Autos News 2010

  • Someone somewhere said you can move knurls down a workpiece by applying pressure with the handwheel.

    Tools of Renewal 2009

  • I have been told that I should use my power feed to move knurls down a workpiece, but as far as I can tell, there is no way to know how fast my power feed moves.

    Tools of Renewal 2009

  • The tool I have now has two knurls on the same side, and the lathe does the pushing.

    Tools of Renewal 2009

  • These usually have specially shaped cutting edges for performing particular cuts, such as bowl gouges, with concave, curved cutting edges to form the smooth, curved surface of a bowl, or vee, or knurling gouges for cutting grooves or knurls in wooden spindles.

    unknown title 2009

  • Common A knurling gouge, used for cutting knurls or vee shapes into the workpiece efficiently.

    unknown title 2009

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