knarryadj.
/ˈnɑːri/ rare.
Having knars or knots; knotty.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > wood > [adjective] > of or having knots
knarryc1405
knottedc1440
crabbed?1518
knubbed1567
warried1567
warry1567
scraggy1574
crab-knob1582
knurly1602
gnarleda1616
thwarterous1625
nodous1646
snubbya1758
snarly1770
swirly1786
gnarly1846
knarred1849
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having knobbles or knots
knurneda1225
warreda1398
knarryc1405
knottyc1405
knurredc1430
knurry1513
knobby1526
knurrish1530
knappy1552
bunchy1562
gouty1597
nody1611
boiny1615
gnarleda1616
nodosous1623
nodose1657
tuberose1704
nodated1710
knablick1788
tuberculed1798
knubbly1809
knubby1828
nubbly1829
knobbled1840
knobbly1844
knarred1849
nubby1864
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1119 A Forest..With knotty, knarry [Thynne's ed. knarie], bareyne trees olde Of stubbes sharpe.
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 22 This rygor to the woods and knarrie trees expell.
1567 G. Turberville tr. Ovid Heroycall Epist. 23 My brothers bones with balefull blowes of knarrie clubbe he brake.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Knarry, knotty, stubbie.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii Knotty, Gnarry.
1882 A. C. Swinburne Athens 7 in Tristram of Lyonesse 179 Boughs all gaunt and gnarry.
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