Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gnarled
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1. A gnarled tree is twisted and strangely shaped because it is old. ...a large and beautiful garden full of ancient gnarled trees. ADJ 2. A person who is gnarled looks very old because their skin has lines on it or their body is bent. If someone has gnarled hands, their hands are twisted as a result of old age or illness. ...gnarled old men... His hands were gnarled with arthritis. ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: probably alteration of knurled Date: 1603 1. full of knots or gnarls ; knotty ~ hands 2. crabbed in disposition, aspect, or character ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (also gnarly) (of a tree, hands, etc.) knobbly, twisted, rugged. Etymology: var. of knarled, rel. to KNURL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. шишковатый; с наростами gnarled hands —- шишковатые пальцы 2. сучковатый; искривленный 3. грубый (о внешности) 4. несговорчивый, упрямый; сварливый, придирчивый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) шишковатый (с наростами); сучковатый; искривленный (о дереве) 2) угловатый, грубый (о внешности) 3) несговорчивый; упрямый ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1814, probably a variant of M.E. knar "knot in wood" (1382), originally "a rock, a stone," of uncertain origin. Used once in Shakespeare ("Measure for Measure," 1603), then languished in obscurity until picked up by romantic poets 19c. Gnarly originated 1970s as surfer slang to describe a dangerous wave; it had spread in teen slang by 1980s, to mean both "excellent" and "disgusting." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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