knarl rare.
(nɑːl)
[Related to knar; cf. knur and knurl.]
† 1. A tangle, knot. Obs.
| 1598 R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. iii. ii. (1622) 65 The poison was found hidden in a knarle of her haire. |
2. dial. ‘A hunch-backed or dwarfish man’ (Brockett N.C. Gloss. 1825).