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knar

also knaur (när)

Archaic A knot or burl on a tree or in wood.

[Middle English knarre, probably from Old English *cnear or from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German knorre.]

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knar

(nɑː)

(Forestry) a variant of knur

[C14 knarre rough stone, knot on a tree; related to Low German knarre]

knarred, ˈknarry adj

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knar

(nɑr)

n.

a knot on a tree or in wood.

[1200–50; Middle English knarre; c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German knorre]

knarred, knar′ry, adj.

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