Definition of gnaw

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Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.

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Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.
Erose :: Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed..
Remorse :: Remorse (n.) The anguish, like gnawing pain, excited by a sense of guilt; compunction of conscience for a crime committed, or for the sins of one's past life..
Knab :: Knab (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.
Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) One who, or that which, gnaws..
Mousehole :: Mousehole (n.) A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse..
Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..
Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.
Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To gnaw all over, or on all sides..
Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
Arrosion :: Arrosion (n.) A gnawing.
Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) A rodent.
Gnew :: Gnew () imp. of Gnaw.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scraping or continuous biting with the teeth; to nibble at..
Worm :: Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.
Gnawed :: Gnawed (imp. & p. p.) of Gna.
Girdler :: Girdler (n.) An American longicorn beetle (Oncideres cingulatus) which lays its eggs in the twigs of the hickory, and then girdles each branch by gnawing a groove around it, thus killing it to provide suitable food for the larvae..
Worm :: Worm (n.) To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness..
Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.
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