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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