Obs. [A word imitating the sound; whence also R is called by Persius littera canina. In some modern dialects narr, and nurr.] To snarl as a dog.
1483. Caxton, G. de la Tour, C ij b. Eche arred at other lyke houndes.
1600. Nashe, Summer’s Last Will, in Hazl., Dodsl., VIII. 44. They arre and bark at night against the moon.
1603. Holland, Plutarch’s Mor., 726 (R.). A dog is … fell and quarrelsome, given to arre.
