different between gnarled vs knarred

English

Etymology 1

First attested Shakespeare 1603:

Thy sharpe and sulpherous bolt Splits the vn-wedgable [unwedgable] and gnarled Oke [oak].

Measure for Measure, Act II, scene ii, line 116

Variant of knurled, from knurl. Surface analysis is gnarl +? -ed, though gnarl is a later back-formation. Popular use by 19th century.

Adjective

gnarled (comparative more gnarled, superlative most gnarled)

1. Knotty and misshapen.

   • Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with […] on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

2. Made rough by age or hard work.

Synonyms

• gnarly

Derived terms

• gnarl

Translations

Verb

gnarled

1. simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

See gnarl (Etymology 2).

Verb

gnarled

1. simple past tense and past participle of gnarl (Etymology 2)

References

Anagrams

• Dangler, Glander, Le Grand, Legrand, dangler, rangled

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??(?)d/
• Homophone: nard

Adjective

knarred (comparative more knarred, superlative most knarred)

1. knotty; gnarled
   • 1850, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Seaside and the Fireside

     the knarred and crooked cedar knees

Anagrams

• redrank