different between nuby vs nubby

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Noun

nuby (plural nubies)

1. An article of clothing similar to a scarf or a shawl.
   • 1804, Henry James, "Pandora" in The New York Sun, 1 June 1804: 1–2.

     She wore entwined about her head an article which Mrs. Dangerfield spoke of as a "nuby," a knitted pink scarf concealing her hair, encircling her neck and having among its convolutions a hole for her perfectly expressionless face.

   • 1902, Ellen Glasgow, The Battle Ground

     "The little white nuby in my top drawer, Betty—I felt a chill striking the back of my neck."

   • 1904, Ellen Glasgow, The Deliverance; A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields

     "I met her at a church festival one Christmas Eve," responded Aunt Saidie, in a high-pitched, rasping voice. "The same evening that I got this pink crocheted nuby." She touched a small pointed shawl about her shoulders.

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• Byun

English

Etymology

nub +? -y. Compare knobby.

Adjective

nubby (comparative nubbier, superlative nubbiest)

1. Knobbly; covered with small knobs.
   • 2007, Marie Clayton, The Ultimate A to Z Companion to 1,001 Needlecraft Terms:

     noil A type of silk, sometimes incorrectly called raw silk, with a nubby feel and a low sheen.

2. Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby.
   • 2010, John Leigh Walters, A Very Capable Life: The Autobiography of Zarah Petri, page 170:

     Now we are sitting in a circle and each is given a stenographer's pad, the kind with the spring spine, and a nubby pencil, a pencil of quarter size so it can't be used as a weapon [...]

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