1A small wooden or porcelain ball used in a game (knur and spell) resembling trapball, played in northern England.
（类似射球戏中用的）木球，瓷球
Example sentencesExamples
It is simply a little sling that dangles the knur from a stick stuck in the ground.
But there were plenty of less violent pastimes: knur and spell, ‘duck knop’, and football through the streets.
They played knur and spell, flew pigeons (they still do), fought cocks, coursed rabbits with whippets, gambled on anything and everything and drank prodigiously.
The words in each recording are explained so that users know what a stithurum is, what to put in the barton-linhay, how to play knur and spell and when to eat bait, bever, docky or snap.
Cricket, football, knur and spell were amongst the most popular pastimes as well as time spent in the pub until the money ran out.
Personally I regret that it has done so to the detriment of the more manly pedestrian exercises, wrestling, and the clever game of knur and spell.
2
variant form of knar
Origin
Late Middle Englishknorre, variant of knarre(see knar).