a gnarled branch

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• gnarled — [17] Gnarled is essentially a 19thcentury word. It is recorded once before then, in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 1603 (‘Thy sharp and sulphurous bolt splits the unwedgable and gnarled oak’), but its modern currency is due to its adoption by… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• gnarled — [17] Gnarled is essentially a 19thcentury word. It is recorded once before then, in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure 1603 (‘Thy sharp and sulphurous bolt splits the unwedgable and gnarled oak’), but its modern currency is due to its adoption by… …   Word origins

• gnarled — [na:ld US na:rld] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: knurled having raised lines on the surface (17 21 centuries), from knurl small part sticking out (17 21 centuries)] 1.) a gnarled tree or branch is rough and twisted with hard lumps 2.) gnarled… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• gnarled — adjective 1 a gnarled tree or branch is rough and twisted with hard lumps 2 gnarled hands or fingers are twisted, rough, and difficult to move, usually because they are old …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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