v. t.
His bones clean picked; his very bones they gnaw. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
They gnawed their tongues for pain. Rev. xvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To use the teeth in biting; to bite with repeated effort, as in eating or removing with the teeth something hard, unwieldy, or unmanageable. [ 1913 Webster ]
I might well, like the spaniel, gnaw upon the chain that ties me. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.