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▪ I. † grash, n. Obs. rare—1. [f. the vb. Cf. crash n.3] A bout or attack.
a1610Babington Comf. Notes Num. xxxi. Wks. (1615) ii. 181 Miserable man whom a little Flea can vex, whom one grash of an Ague can pluck downe. ▪ II. † grash, v. Obs. [Onomatopœic. Cf. gnash v., crash v. 3.] trans. and intr. = gnash v.
1563Mirr. Mag., Collingbourne xviii, Here Tyraunt Rychard played the eager Hog, His grashyng tuskes my tender grystels shore: His bloudhound Lovell playd the ravenyng Dog. 1570T. Preston Lament. fr. Rome etc. in Collier Old Ball. (Percy Soc.) 71 Poll nose, rube eye Grash the teth, drawe mouth awrye. 1577Kendall Trifles 7 No chillyng cold, no scaldyng heate, No grashyng chaps of monsters greate. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 126 The Serpent seeing her aduersary lifteth her necke aboue the ground, and grasheth at the Hart with her teeth. |