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Definition of Gnarling
1. gnarl [v] - See also: gnarl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnarling
Literary usage of Gnarling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"It is made with a gnarling-tool for the purpose of affording a firm hold. ...
Cross-grained; perverse. gnarling-tool (när'ling-töl), я. ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1905)
"... in the argillaceous rocks they are mostly due to cleavage with which bedding
accidentally coincides ; gnarling is more especially noticeable in hard ..."
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