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▪ I. gnash, n. rare.|næʃ|
[f. gnash v.]
A gnashing or snap of the teeth.
1804J. Grahame Sabbath (1839) 24/1 The scowl and gnash malign Of Superstition, stopping both her ears..dismays him not. 1882G. Macdonald Castle Warlock xix. (1883) 117 A beast in the hills that went biting every living thing..he appeared..made his gnash, and was gone.
▪ II. † gnash, a. Obs.—1
[f. gnash v.]
Gnashing.
1583Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 27 Lyke bandog grinning, with gnash tusk greedelye snarring.
▪ III. gnash, v.|næʃ|
Forms: 5 gnasche, 6 gnasshe, gnasz(s)he, 6– gnash.
[First recorded at the end of the 15th c.; app. a modification of the older verb gnast.
Perh. the mod. word originated in the pa. tense gnaist (see gnast v.), which may have undergone a change of pronunciation parallel to that of abaist into abascht. But cf. gnacche v.]
1. intr. To strike together or ‘grind’ the teeth, esp. from rage or anguish. Also with against, on, upon. Said also of the teeth.
1496[see gnar v.]. 1530Palsgr. 569/1, I gnasshe with the tethe. Loke in ‘I gnast’. 1535Coverdale Ps. xxxiv. (xxxv. 16) They gnaszshed vpon me with their teth. 1539Taverner Erasm. Prov. (1552) 6 The Lion..gnassheth wt his teeth against her. 1557N. Grimalde Death Zoroas in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 122 The Macedon, perceyuing hurt, gan gnash. 1646Crashaw Sospetto d'Herode viii, His Teeth for Torment gnash. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 341 There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish and despite and shame. 1808Helen St. Victor Ruins of Rigonda I. 157 His teeth gnashed against each other, and each limb shook with the violence of his emotions. 1870Bryant Iliad I. v. 136 He fell, and in the fall Gnashed with his teeth upon the cold bright blade.
transf.1897T. H. Warren By Severn Sea xvii, Jagged floes That gnashed and justled as they downward bore.
2. trans. To strike (the teeth) together, as in rage or anguish.
1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 21 And both did gnash their teeth. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 653 The Seer..Rowl'd his green Eyes..And gnash'd his Teeth. 1720Gay Poems (1745) I. 178 Two boars..Gnash their sharp tusks, and..Dispute the reign of some luxurious mire. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. xl, What gallant warhounds..gnash their fangs, loud yelling for the prey! 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 102 He almost gnashed his teeth with rage. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. xxiii. 204 Gnash not thus thy devouring teeth at me!
3. To bite upon, grind the teeth upon; to bite in twain with champing teeth.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr. xii. (1873) 112 Hot spice gingerbread, Which black from the oven he gnashes. 1816Byron Prisoner of Chillon ix, I strove..To rend and gnash my bonds in twain. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. 1846 II. 48 The tiger gnashed the fox, the ermine and the sloth.
Hence ˈgnashing ppl. a.
1700Dryden tr. Iliad i. 361 With boiling Rage Atrides burn'd; And Foam betwixt his gnashing Grinders churn'd. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. I. 73 Trembling Knees, Wringing Hand and Gnashing Teeth. 1848Lytton Harold ix. i, The beast twisted in vain, to and fro, with gnashing jaws. 1860Trench Serm. Westm. Abb. viii. 90 The gnashing teeth and the fierce faces of foes.
▪ IV. gnash
incorrect spelling of nesh a. |