Part 4867

<h1>Gnar</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>knarre</ets>, <ets>gnarre</ets>, akin to OD. <ets>knor</ets>, G. <ets>knorren</ets>. Cf. <er>Knar</er>, <er>Knur</er>, <er>Gnarl</er>.]</ety> <def>A knot or gnarl in wood; hence, a tough, thickset man; -- written also <i>gnarr</i>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>He was . . . a thick <b>gnarre</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Gnar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gnarred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gnarring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Gnarl</er>.]</ety> <def>To gnarl; to snarl; to growl; -- written also <i>gnarr</i>.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>At them he gan to rear his bristles strong, And felly <b>gnarre</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A thousand wants <b>Gnarr</b> at the heels of men. <i>Tennison.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gnarl</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnarl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gnarled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gnarling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From older <ets>gnar</ets>, prob. of imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>knarren</ets>, <ets>knurren</ets>. D. <ets>knorren</ets>, Sw. <ets>knorra</ets>, Dan. <ets>knurre</ets>.]</ety> <def>To growl; to snarl.</def>

<blockquote>And wolves are <b>gnarling</b> who shall gnaw thee first. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gnarl</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnarl</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gnar</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>a knot in wood; a large or hard knot, or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree.</def>

<h1>Gnarled</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnarled</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.</def>

<blockquote>The unwedgeable and <b>gnarl\'82d</b> oak. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gnarly</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnarl"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of knots; knotty; twisted; crossgrained.</def>

<h1>Gnash</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gnashed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gnashing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gnasten</ets>, <ets>gnaisten</ets>, cf. Icel. <ets>gnastan</ets> a gnashing, <ets>gn<?/sta</ets> to gnash, Dan.<ets>knaske</ets>, Sw. <ets>gnissla</ets>, D. <ets>knarsen</ets>, G. <ets>knirschen</ets>.]</ety> <def>To strike together, as in anger or pain; <as>as, to <ex>gnash</ex> the teeth</as>.</def>

<h1>Gnash</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnash</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grind or strike the teeth together.</def>

<blockquote>There they him laid, <b>Gnashing</b> for anguish, and despite, and shame. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gnashingly</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnash"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With gnashing.</def>

<h1>Gnat</h1> <Xpage=634>

<hw>Gnat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gn\'91t</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus <spn>Culex</spn>, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called <i>mosquitoes</i>. See <er>Mosquito</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus <spn>Simulium</spn> and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.</def>

<cs><col>Gnat catcher</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>one of several species of small American singing birds, of the genus <spn>Polioptila</spn>, allied to the kinglets.</cd> -- <col>Gnat flower</col>, <cd>the bee flower.</cd> -- <col>Gnat hawk</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the European goatsucker; -- called also <altname>gnat owl</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Gnat snapper</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bird that catches gnats.</cd> -- <col>Gnat strainer</col>, <cd>a person ostentatiously punctilious about trifles. Cf. <i>Matt. xxiii. 24</i>.</cd></cs>