Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Gnarled, knotty, twisted.
A knot in wood; a knurl or a protuberance with twisted grain, on a tree. · Something resembling a knot in wood, such as in stone or limbs.
To knot or twist something.
Back-formation from gnarled.
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