单词 | gnawing |
释义 | gnawingn. 1. The action of gnaw v., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > loss of material > eating away gnawing1340 fretting1382 gnaw1735 fret1830 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > nibbling or gnawing gnawing1340 nibblea1525 nibbling1707 morsitation1819 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 6873 Þe tend payne es gnawyng with-in Of conscience þat bites als vermyn. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xiii. 8 Gnawyngis and sorewis schulen holde Babiloyns. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 200/2 Gnawynge, or fowle bytynge, corrosio. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 279/1 Knavynge, or gnavynge (K., H., P. knawynge), corrosio. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Corrosion, a gnawing, biting, or consumyng as rust, plaisters and poyson. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 336 For this is a biting, nay a verie gnawing to the bones of your Christian brother. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 432 The scorchings of unextinguishable flames and gnawings of the never dying worm. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 183 At dawn the Worm Will wake, and this poor flesh must grow to meet The gnawing of his hundred poison-mouths! 1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xix. 190 He..calmed the gnawings of his love with dreams of ambition. 2. A persistent fretting pain (in the bowels); now only of such pain caused by want of food; plural pangs (of hunger). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > pain in specific parts > [noun] > in stomach or bowels womb achea1398 gnawing1398 torsionc1425 colicc1440 frettingc1440 the wormc1500 wringc1500 griping1526 wresting?1543 wringing?1550 bellyache1552 torment1578 colic passion1586 wind-colic1593 belly-thrawe1595 belly-grinding1597 fret1600 gripe1601 wrenching1607 mulligrubsa1625 bellywarka1652 torminaa1655 efferation1684 stomach-ache1763 gastrodynia1804 guts-ache1818 stony colic1822 wame-ill1829 gastralgia1834 tummy ache1926 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iv. x. 94 Yf the waye is stoppyd that is bytwene the galle and the bowelles, thereof fallyth gnawynge and passio colica. c1450 Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 184 Hyt destryeþ gnawyng & wynd in mannes body. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xciv. 275 It is singular against the griping torment and knawings or frettings of the belly. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke i. xv. 77 From them [salts] doe arise inward gnawings, impostums,..the hemoroides, and such like. 1847 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Peru II. iv. iv. 161 To appease the gnawings of hunger, they were fain to eat the leather of their saddles and belts. 1876 W. Besant & J. Rice Golden Butterfly I. Prol. i. 1 This pilgrim has tightened his belt to stave off the gnawing at his stomach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). gnawingadj. That gnaws, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adjective] > nibbling or gnawing gnawing1567 knabbling1567 nibbling1581 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > eroded or eaten away > that eats away fretting1393 gnawing1567 eatingc1602 eroding1612 depascent1651 feeding1750 erosive1830 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Fiiij Greedie thrist and knawinge pyne Of siluer, and of goulde. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H2v Monie wanting, they applie bitter potions, nipping medicines, gnawing corrosiues. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 31 I am Reuenge sent..To ease the gnawing vulture of thy minde. View more context for this quotation 1797 W. Godwin Enquirer ii. ii. 170 It fixes on him an ever gnawing anxiety. 1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) I. 57 What happens in the incisor teeth of the gnawing animals is a still closer analogy. 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. iii. 44 Memory, like a gnawing stream, gathers its tinge from the soil through which it winds its sullen way. Derivatives ˈgnawingly adv. ΚΠ 1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. x. 278 A feeling of indignation still lurked gnawingly at my heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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