Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gnarl"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gnarl \Gnarl\, n. [See {Gnar}, n.]
a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with
twisted grain, on a tree.
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) 1.7 (wn)
gnarl
n : something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles
stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great
gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: {knot}]
v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this
old tree"
2: complain quietly [syn: {murmur}, {mutter}, {grumble}, {croak}]
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