Workington.
_Meaning of Knarres_ (Vol. v., p. 200.).--A _knare_ is a _knot_ or lump,
"_knarry_, _stubby_, _knotty_" (Coles's _Dictionary_, 1717). It was, no
doubt, as J. BR. says, sometimes written _gnare_; and in that form is
the root of Shakspeare's "_gnarled_ (or knotty) oak." In Norfolk and
Suffolk, small plantations--_not_ "scrubby woods"--are called _carrs_,
as J. BR. states, but certainly not from _knare_, but, as I rather
think, from their square shape, _carré_. Those that I am acquainted with
in those counties are generally of that form, and look like plantations
made on purpose for game. When you hear a _carr_ mentioned in those
counties, you always think of a pheasants' preserve. I know not whether
the same word and meaning extend inland. Nor do I think that _knare_
has any affinity with _snare_.