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A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic] He was . . . a thick gnarre. Chaucer.

To growl; to snarl. And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak.

Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained. The unwedgeable and gnarléd oak. Shak.

Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.

The so-called "Twilight of the Gods" (called in German Götterdämmerung), the final destruction of the world in the great conflict between the Æsir (gods) on the one hand, and on the other, the gaints and the powers of Hel under the leadership of Loki (who is escaped from bondage).

rous species of moths of which the larvæ destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). -- Elm sawfly (Zoöl.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm.

hout faith it is impossible to please him. Heb. xi. 6. Impossible quantity (Math.), an imagnary quantity. See Imaginary.

See Gnar. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A knot in wood. See Gnarl.

Knotted. See Gnarled.

Knotty; gnarled. The knarred and crooked cedar knees. Longfellow.

Knotty; gnarled. Chaucer.

Full of knots; gnarled.

It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark).

To growl, as an angry or surly dog; to gnarl; to utter grumbling sounds. "An angry cur snarls while he feeds." Dryden & Lee.