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knarry, a. rare. (ˈnɑːrɪ) Also 7, 9 gnarry. [f. knar + -y.] Having knars or knots; knotty.c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1119 A forest..With knotty knarry [Thynne's ed. knarie] bareyne trees olde, Of stubbes sharpe. 1567 Turberv. tr. Ovid's Epist. 22 This rygor to the woods and knarrie trees expell. Ibid....
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knar
knar (nɑː(r)) Forms: 3–4 knarre, 7, 9 knare, 9 knar, knaur; 5, 7 gnarre 9 gnar(r, 9– gnaur. [ME. knarre = LG. knarre(n, Du. knar stump (of an old tree), knot, knob. Cf. knur. The history in Eng. is obscure. From 14th to 19th c. there are app. no genuine examples of its use, Dryden's knare (copied by...
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knotty
knotty, a. (ˈnɒtɪ) [f. knot n.1 + -y.] 1. Of a cord, etc.: Having or full of knots; tied or entangled in knots.a 1240 Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 281 Þu wes..wið cnotti swepes swungen. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 280/2 Knotty, nodosus. 1576 Gascoigne Philomene 112 She bare a skourge, with many a knottie string. 1...
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swimble
▪ I. † swimble, n. Obs. rare. In 5 swymbul. [Related to next.] A swaying motion.c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1121 (Harl. MS.) A foreste,..With knotty knarry bareyn trees olde Of stubbes sharpe and hidous..to biholde; In which ther ran a swymbul and a swough, As though a storm sholde bresten every bough....
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stubby
▪ I. stubby, a. (ˈstʌbɪ) [f. stub n. + -y.] 1. Of the nature of a stub; short and thick or broad. a. of a root, plant, etc.1572 L. Mascall Plant. & Graff. (1592) 16 If ye breake of the olde stubbie roote and set them lower, they will last a long time the more. 1664 Evelyn Sylva iii. 11 Abating only ...
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barren
▪ I. barren, a. and n. (ˈbærən) Forms: 3 barain, -aigne, 4 barein, -en, 4–5 bareine, -eyn(e, 5 -ane, 4–6 ayn(e, barreyne, -ayne, (5 berhayn), 6 baraine, (barune, baryn), barreine, -ayn, (Sc. barrane, -and, -ant), 6–7 barraine, 6– barren. Compared barrener, -est. [a. OF. *barain, brahain, brehaing, i...
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stub
▪ I. stub, n. (stʌb) Forms: 1 stubb, styb(b, (steb), 3–7 stubbe, 4–9 stubb, 6 stoubbe, 4– stub. [OE. stub(b masc. = (M)LG., MDu. stubbe (early mod.Du., WFris. stobbe), ON. stubb-r, stubbe, rarely stobbe (MSw. stubbe, stobbe, SW., Norw. stubbe, stubb, Da. stub):—OTeut. types *stubbo-z, stubbon-; OE. ...
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