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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gnarled \Gnarled\, a. Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. The unwedgeable and gnarl['e]d oak. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr & vb n. {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf G. knarren, knurren D. knorren Sw knorra Dan. knurre.] To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gnarled adj : used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick" [syn: {gnarly}, {knotted}, {knotty}, {knobbed}]
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