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begnaw, v.|bɪˈnɔː|
Pa. pple. 6 begnawn.
[OE. begnaᵹan, f. be- 1 + gnaᵹan to gnaw.]
trans. To gnaw at; to corrode; to nibble.
a1000Martyrol. 9 Jul. (Bosw.). 1555Phaër æneid iii. G ij b, The pray..begnawn ful fowle they leaue. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 222 The Worme of Conscience still begnaw thy Soule. 1880Webb tr. Goethe's Faust i. iii. 87 Commands thee [i.e. a rat]..yonder threshold spell begnaw. |