gnarln.¹

Brit.

/nɑːl/, U.S.

/nɑrl/

Etymology: Back-formation < gnarled adj. A noun knarle knot (of hair), occurs early in 17th cent.

A contorted knotty protuberance, esp. on a tree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > knot

knara1382

warrec1407

knob1440

knot?1523

knur1542

pin1545

knag1555

snar1611

bur-knot1618

bur1725

gnarl1824

burl1885

snarla1891

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 184 The knots and gnarls of the exterior coat [of a tree].

1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 171 It is always the knots and gnarls of the oak that he admires.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxi. 219 Living knots and gnarls uncanny Feel with polypus-antennæ For the wanderer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gnarln.²

Etymology: < gnarl v.¹

rare.

A snarl.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl

snarl1613

growl1727

gurl1755

yirr1825

grumble1840

gnarl1847

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. i. 9 My caress provoked [from the dog] a long, guttural gnarl.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

† gnarlv.¹

Brit.

/nɑːl/, U.S.

/nɑrl/

Etymology: frequentative < gnar v.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To snarl.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl

garre1382

hurr1398

roina1450

gnar1496

snar1530

whurl1530

snarl1590

gnarl1596

grumble1608

yarr1611

whirr1706

growl1719

yirra1796

gargle1861

grrra1963

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O What will not a dogge doo that is angerd, bite and gnarle at anie bone or stone that is neere him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 192 Thus is the Shepheard beaten from thy side, And Wolues are gnarling, who shall gnaw thee first.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxi. 90 Dost not mark How they do gnarl upon us.

2. slang. (See quot. 1819.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]

inform1588

peach1598

whistle1599

sing1612

whiddlec1661

squeak1690

wheedle1710

whittle1735

to blow the gab1785

snitch1801

rat1810

nose1811

sing1816

gnarl1819

split1819

stag1839

clype1843

squeal1846

blow1848

to round on1857

nark1859

pimp1865

squawk1872

ruck1884

to come or turn copper1891

copper1897

sneak1897

cough1901

stool1911

tattle-tale1918

snout1923

talk1924

fink1925

scream1925

sarbut1928

grass1929

to turn over1967

dime1970

1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 178 Gnarl, to gnarl upon a person is the same as splitting or nosing upon him; a man guilty of this treachery is called a gnarling scoundrel.

Derivatives

† †ˈgnarler n. Obsolete (see quot.).

ΚΠ

1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Gnarler, a little dog that by his barking alarms the family when any person is breaking into the house.

ˈgnarling adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 256 + 25 For gnarling sorrow hath lesse power to bite, The man that mocks at it, and sets it light.

1819 [see sense 2].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gnarlv.²

Brit.

/nɑːl/, U.S.

/nɑrl/

Etymology: Back-formation < gnarled adj.

Chiefly in past participle.

transitive. To contort, twist, make knotted and rugged like an old tree. Also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > distort

wresta1000

writheOE

miswrencha1393

wrya1586

divert1609

crumple1615

rumple1636

contort1705

screwa1711

distort1751

twist1769

shevel1777

gnarl1814

1814 Mermaid i. ii Her lean large hands, So gnarl'd with bone, and shrivell'd without veins.

1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 74 Their roots being gnarled and distorted into extraordinary forms.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxii. 175 Limestone cliffs..forming stupendous piers gnarled by frost degradation.

1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole ii. 11 Time had gnarled him a good deal, and seemed half inclined to tie him into a knot.

Derivatives

ˈgnarling n.

ΚΠ

1885 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 443 Some grotesque gnarling of limbs..of the great trees that stretched above.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gnarlv.³

Brit.

/nɑːl/, U.S.

/nɑrl/

Forms: English regional 1800s gnardle (south-western), 1800s– gnarl (northern), 1800s– knaarl (northern), 1800s– knarl (northern).

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymon: gnarl v.¹

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an expressive formation. Alternatively, perhaps a specific sense development of gnarl v.¹, perhaps partly as a result of association with gnaw v. Compare also gnarled adj. and gnarl v.²

English regional (chiefly northern).

transitive. To gnaw.

ΚΠ

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 202 The little chumbling mouse Gnarls the dead leaves for her house.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 73 To Gnarl, to gnaw as a mouse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1824

n.²1847

v.¹1596

v.²1814

v.³1821

单词	gnarl
释义	gnarln.¹ Brit. /nɑːl/, U.S. /nɑrl/ Etymology: Back-formation < gnarled adj. A noun knarle knot (of hair), occurs early in 17th cent. A contorted knotty protuberance, esp. on a tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [noun] > knot knara1382 warrec1407 knob1440 knot?1523 knur1542 pin1545 knag1555 snar1611 bur-knot1618 bur1725 gnarl1824 burl1885 snarla1891 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 184 The knots and gnarls of the exterior coat [of a tree]. 1866 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 171 It is always the knots and gnarls of the oak that he admires. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. xxi. 219 Living knots and gnarls uncanny Feel with polypus-antennæ For the wanderer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gnarln.² Etymology: < gnarl v.¹ rare. A snarl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > snarl or growl snarl1613 growl1727 gurl1755 yirr1825 grumble1840 gnarl1847 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. i. 9 My caress provoked [from the dog] a long, guttural gnarl. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † gnarlv.¹ Brit. /nɑːl/, U.S. /nɑrl/ Etymology: frequentative < gnar v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To snarl. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > snarl or growl garre1382 hurr1398 roina1450 gnar1496 snar1530 whurl1530 snarl1590 gnarl1596 grumble1608 yarr1611 whirr1706 growl1719 yirra1796 gargle1861 grrra1963 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O What will not a dogge doo that is angerd, bite and gnarle at anie bone or stone that is neere him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 192 Thus is the Shepheard beaten from thy side, And Wolues are gnarling, who shall gnaw thee first. View more context for this quotation 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xxi. 90 Dost not mark How they do gnarl upon us. 2. slang. (See quot. 1819.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)] inform1588 peach1598 whistle1599 sing1612 whiddlec1661 squeak1690 wheedle1710 whittle1735 to blow the gab1785 snitch1801 rat1810 nose1811 sing1816 gnarl1819 split1819 stag1839 clype1843 squeal1846 blow1848 to round on1857 nark1859 pimp1865 squawk1872 ruck1884 to come or turn copper1891 copper1897 sneak1897 cough1901 stool1911 tattle-tale1918 snout1923 talk1924 fink1925 scream1925 sarbut1928 grass1929 to turn over1967 dime1970 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 178 Gnarl, to gnarl upon a person is the same as splitting or nosing upon him; a man guilty of this treachery is called a gnarling scoundrel. Derivatives † †ˈgnarler n. Obsolete (see quot.). ΚΠ 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Gnarler, a little dog that by his barking alarms the family when any person is breaking into the house. ˈgnarling adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 256 + 25 For gnarling sorrow hath lesse power to bite, The man that mocks at it, and sets it light. View more context for this quotation 1819 [see sense 2]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gnarlv.² Brit. /nɑːl/, U.S. /nɑrl/ Etymology: Back-formation < gnarled adj. Chiefly in past participle. transitive. To contort, twist, make knotted and rugged like an old tree. Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > put out of shape [verb (transitive)] > distort wresta1000 writheOE miswrencha1393 wrya1586 divert1609 crumple1615 rumple1636 contort1705 screwa1711 distort1751 twist1769 shevel1777 gnarl1814 1814 Mermaid i. ii Her lean large hands, So gnarl'd with bone, and shrivell'd without veins. 1844 tr. M. T. Asmar Mem. Babylonian Princess II. 74 Their roots being gnarled and distorted into extraordinary forms. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxii. 175 Limestone cliffs..forming stupendous piers gnarled by frost degradation. 1891 C. T. C. James Romantic Rigmarole ii. 11 Time had gnarled him a good deal, and seemed half inclined to tie him into a knot. Derivatives ˈgnarling n. ΚΠ 1885 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 443 Some grotesque gnarling of limbs..of the great trees that stretched above. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gnarlv.³ Brit. /nɑːl/, U.S. /nɑrl/ Forms: English regional 1800s gnardle (south-western), 1800s– gnarl (northern), 1800s– knaarl (northern), 1800s– knarl (northern). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymon: gnarl v.¹ Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps an expressive formation. Alternatively, perhaps a specific sense development of gnarl v.¹, perhaps partly as a result of association with gnaw v. Compare also gnarled adj. and gnarl v.² English regional (chiefly northern). transitive. To gnaw. ΚΠ 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 202 The little chumbling mouse Gnarls the dead leaves for her house. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 73 To Gnarl, to gnaw as a mouse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1824n.²1847v.¹1596v.²1814v.³1821
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