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knur

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knur  (nûr)
n.
A bump or knot, as on a tree trunk; a gnarl.
[Middle English knor.]
knur, knurr [nɜː], knar
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a knot or protuberance in a tree trunk or in wood
[C16 knor; related to Middle High German knorre knot; compare knar]
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Lawn Billiards, for example, has been dead and gone for 30 years, while Knur and Spell, alias poor man's golf, was last sighted being played outside the Hargreaves Arms in Lancashire in 1995.
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The following background to the game of knur and spell was supplied by Julie Stewart-Turner, who helped organise the Yorkshire Games for the Lockwood and Salford Village Green Committee.
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