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GNASHED
Verb
gnashed
simple past tense and past participle of gnash
Anagrams
• deghans, hagdens
Source: Wiktionary
GNASH
Gnash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gnashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gnashing.] Etym: [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a gnashing, gn to gnash, Dan.knaske, Sw. gnissla, D. knarsen, G. knirschen.]
Definition: To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the teeth.
Gnash, v. i.
Definition: To grind or strike the teeth together. There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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