gnarl2 (narl)

i. [Freq. of guar2.] Same as gnar2. Minsheu. Ah, thus King Harry throws away his crutch, Before his legs be firm to bear his body: Thus is the shepherd beaten from thy side, And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. IMG:content-2441.jpg:[blocks in formation] With thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splitt'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak. Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. The gnarled , veteran boles still send forth vigorous and blo oming boughs. B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 42. Hence-2. Cro -grained; perverse.