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gnaw

v. பல்லால் கறி, கரம்பு, பல்லால் கொந்து, பிடிவாதமாக விடாமல் கடி, வெந்துயரால் பல்லைக்கடி, சினத்தால் பற்களை நெரி, அரித்துத்தின், அரித்தழி, சித்திரவதை செய்.


Gnaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnawing.] Etym: [OE. gnawen, AS. gnagan; akin to D. knagen, OHG. gnagan, nagan, G. nagen, Icel. & Sw. gnaga, Dan. gnave, nage. Cf. Nag to tease.] 1. 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. His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden. 2. To bite in agony or rage. They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10. 3. To corrode; to fret away; to waste. Gnaw, v. i. Defn: To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teethsomething hard, unwiedly, or unmanageable. I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney.


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