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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gnar

· IPA /nɑː(ɹ)/
01 n. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.
  1. 1.
    A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr.[Archaic]
    “He was . . . a thick gnarre.” Chaucer.
02 v. i. To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also gnarr.
imp. & p. p. Gnarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring
  1. 1.
    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.