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Gnawing :: Gnawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gna.

Knaw :: Knaw (v. t.) See Gnaw.

Worm :: Worm (n.) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one's mind with remorse.

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. i.) To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable..

Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

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..

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..

Morsitation :: Morsitation (n.) The act of biting or gnawing.

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..

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..

Gnow :: Gnow (imp.) Gnawed.

Girdle :: Girdle (v. t.) To make a cut or gnaw a groove around (a tree, etc.) through the bark and alburnum, thus killing it..

Begnaw :: Begnaw (v. t.) To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.

Overeat :: Overeat (v. t. & i.) To gnaw all over, or on all sides..

Pruner :: Pruner (n.) Any one of several species of beetles whose larvae gnaw the branches of trees so as to cause them to fall, especially the American oak pruner (Asemum moestum), whose larva eats the pith of oak branches, and when mature gnaws a circular furrow on the inside nearly to the bark. When the branches fall each contains a pupa..

Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) A rodent.

Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing.

Gnaw :: Gnaw (v. t.) To bite in agony or rage.

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