gnarly

adj : used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or

knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"

[syn: {gnarled}, {knotted}, {knotty}, {knobbed}]

gnarly

/nar'lee/ Both obscure and {hairy}. "{Yow}! - the

tuned {assembler} implementation of {BitBlt} is really

gnarly!" From a similar but less specific usage in surfer

slang.

[{Jargon File}]

(1996-09-17)