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Gnawing, corroding, consuming, wasting. in material sense. Obsolete or archaic.
That gnaws, in senses of the verb.
That consumes or eats away; gnawing, corroding, fretting: of sores, chemical corrosives, etc.
That eats away; corrosive. Obsolete. rare.
Having the property of eroding.