gnarled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gnarled
    adj 1: used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or
           knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
           [syn: {gnarled}, {gnarly}, {knotted}, {knotty},
           {knobbed}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gnarled \Gnarled\, a.
   Knotty; full of knots or gnarls; twisted; crossgrained.
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         The unwedgeable and gnarl['e]d oak.      --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gnarl \Gnarl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gnarled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gnarling}.] [From older gnar, prob. of imitative origin; cf.
   G. knarren, knurren. D. knorren, Sw. knorra, Dan. knurre.]
   To growl; to snarl.
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         And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first.
                                                  --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "gnarled":
      arthritic, bent, bumpy, burled, contorted, crooked, distorted,
      gnarly, knobbed, knobbly, knobby, knoblike, knotted, knotty,
      knurled, knurly, lumpy, nodal, noded, nodiform, nodose, nodular,
      nodulated, noduled, nubbled, nubbly, nubby, studded, torose,
      tubercular, tuberculous, tuberose, tuberous, twisted, warped

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