gnar /ˈnɑr/
Gnar n. A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also gnarr. [Archaic]
He was . . . a thick gnarre. --Chaucer.
Gnar v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gnarred p. pr. & vb. n. Gnarring.] 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.
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