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A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.

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  1. n. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.
  2. v. i. To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
  3. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer. To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly gnarre. Spenser. A thousand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennison.
  4. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; --written also gnarr. [Archaic]He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.
  5. n. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. v. i. To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.