gnarled
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noun
1.
a knotty protuberance on a tree; knot.
verb (used with object)
2.
to twist into a knotted or distorted form.
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Gnarled
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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gnarl1 (nɑːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | any knotty protuberance or swelling on a tree |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr) to knot or cause to knot |
| [C19: back formation from gnarled, probably variant of knurled; see | |
| gnarl or gnar2 (nɑːl, nɑː) | |
| —vb | |
| obsolete (intr) to growl or snarl | |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
| gnar or gnar2 | |
| —vb | |
| [C16: of imitative origin] | |
| gnarled (nɑːld) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having gnarls |
| 2. | (esp of hands) rough, twisted, and weather-beaten in appearance |
| 3. | perverse or ill-tempered |
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Word Origin & History
gnarl
"contort, twist," 1814, a back-formation from gnarled.
gnarled
the source of the whole group of words, including gnarl (v.), gnarl (n.), gnarly, is Shakespeare's use of gnarled in 1603:
"Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable and gnarled Oke." ["Measure for Measure," II.ii.116]OED calls it a variant of knurled, from M.E. knar "knot in wood" (late 14c.), originally "a rock, a stone;" of uncertain origin. "(Gnarled) occurs in one passage of Shakes. (for which the sole authority is the folio of 1623), whence it came into general use in the nineteenth century" [OED].
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Example sentences
Visitors comb the sands for gnarled bits of driftwood and abalone shells, check out the tide pools and hike the wooded areas.
As the vines age the trunk becomes thick, woody and gnarled.
Squat, gnarled trees may survive winter after harsh winter.
Others resemble small trees, gnarled and twisted by the battering winds and fierce salt spray.
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