gmelinite (melinit)

[Named after Christian Gottlob Gmelin of Tübingen (1792-1860).] IMG:content-2440.png:[blocks in formation] 2. [l. c.] A plant of this genus. Some bunches of wild sage, Gnaphalium , and other hardy aromatic herbs spotted the yellow soil. B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 64. gnapperts, n. See knapperts . gnar, n. See knar1 . gnar2 (när), v. i.; pret. and pp. gnarred, ppr. gnarring. [Also gnarr , knar , gnarl ; not found in ME. or AS. (the alleged AS. *gnyrran or * gnyrian is dubious); = D. knorren , snarl, grum- ble, G. gnarren, LG. knurren , knorren, gnurren = G. knurren, snarl, growl, = Dan. knurre , snarl, growl, Sw. knorra , murmur, growl; ef. G. knarren , and knirren , creak; appar. ult. imita- tive, and variable in form.] To growl or snarl, as a dog. For and this curre do gnar . Skelton, Why Come Ye nat to Courte? 1. 297. A you sand wants Gnarr at the heels of men. Tennyson, In Memoriam, xeviii.