▪ I. narr, v. Now only dial.
(nɑː(r))
[Onomatopœic: cf. nar and gnar v.]
intr. Of a dog: To snarl, growl. Also transf.
| 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 69 Narring with thy selfe, like as a dogge doth barke. 1530 Palsgr. 643/2, I narre, as a dogge dothe whan he is angred, je rechine. 1573 Baret Alv. s.v. Grinne, A grinning, or scornefull opening of y⊇ mouth, as when a dog narreth. 1585 C. Fetherstone tr. Calvin on Acts xvii. 3. 409 The worship of the law, whereat the Jewes narre at this day like dogs. |
| 1875 Parish Sussex Dial., Narre, to growl like a dog. 1894 Northumbld. Gloss., Narr, to snarl, to find fault in a growling manner. |
▪ II. narr
obs. variant of nar a., nearer.