gnarring, ppl. a.
(ˈnɑːrɪŋ)
[f. gnar v. + -ing2.]
† a. Of an animal or person: Growling, snarling. Obs.
| 1592 G. Harvey Four Lett. etc. 65, I seldom call a snarling curr, a curr, But wish the gnarring dog, as sweete a mouth As bravest horse, that feeleth golden spurr. 1600 Fairfax Tasso iv. viii. 56 The gnarring porter durst not whine. |
b. Of sound: Strident. rare.
| a 1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 114 The portal oped with a gnarring sound. |