[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gnarl \gnarl\, v. i. imp.  p. p. gnarled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   gnarling. from older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.
   g. knarren, knurren. d. knorren, sw. knorra, dan. knurre.
   to growl; to snarl.
   1913 webster

         and wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
                                                  --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
gnarled gnarling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gnarl \gnarl\, n. see gnar, n.
   a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with
   twisted grain, on a tree.
   1913 webster
see also:
gnar 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gnarl
     n : something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles
         stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great
         gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" syn: knot
     v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "the wind has gnarled this
          old tree"
     2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
        grumbles when she feels overworked" syn: murmur, mutter,
         grumble, croak
see also:
knot murmur mutter grumble croak 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

116 moby thesaurus words for "gnarl":
   anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, bend, bilge, blain, bleb,
   blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, buckle, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump,
   bunch, burl, button, cahot, chine, clump, coarsen, color, condyle,
   contort, contortion, convex, crook, crookedness, crumple,
   detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distort, distortion, dowel,
   ear, flange, flap, flush, frown, gall, glare, glower, granulate,
   growl, grumble, handle, hill, hiss, horripilate, hump, hunch,
   imbalance, irregularity, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, lip,
   look daggers, loop, lopsidedness, lower, lump, mantle, mole,
   mountain, nevus, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, pimple,
   quirk, redden, rib, ridge, ring, rough, rough up, roughen, scowl,
   screw, shoulder, snap, snarl, spine, spit, spring, stud, style,
   tab, torsion, tortuosity, tubercle, tubercule, turn, turn awry,
   twist, unsymmetry, verruca, vesicle, wale, warp, wart, welt,
   wrench, wrest, wring, writhe

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