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

Begnawn :: Begnawn () of Begna.

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..

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..

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..

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

Knab :: Knab (v. t.) To seize with the teeth; to gnaw.

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..

Rodent :: Rodent (v. t.) Gnawing; biting; corroding; (Med.) applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

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

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..

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..

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..

Corrade :: Corrade (v. t.) To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume.

Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) A rodent.

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

Gnawer :: Gnawer (n.) One who, or that which, gnaws..

Begnawed :: Begnawed (p. p.) of Begna.

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

Gnew :: Gnew () imp. of Gnaw.

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