† grashn.
Obsolete. rare.
A bout or attack.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > bout or attack of
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cothec1000
bitc1175
accessc1300
attacha1400
shota1400
swalma1400
storm1540
excess?1541
accession1565
qualm1565
oncome1570
grasha1610
attachment1625
ingruence1635
turn1653
attack1665
fit1667
surprise1670
drow1727
tossa1732
irruption1732
sick1808
tout1808
whither1808
spell1856
go1867
whip1891
a1610 G. Babington Comf. Notes: Num. xxxi, in Wks. (1615) ii. 181 Miserable man whom a little Flea can vex, whom one grash of an Ague can pluck downe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† grashv.
Obsolete.
transitive and intransitive = gnash v.
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > gnash or grind the teeth
gristbitec900
grindc1000
gnasta1300
grinta1300
gnacche13..
beatc1360
grunta1400
gristc1460
gnash1496
grash1563
infrendiate1623
crinch1808
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > manifest sorrow [verb (transitive)] > gnash (teeth)
gnasta1300
crashc1440
grash1563
grind1573
gnash1590
grit1797
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > harsh or discordant [verb (intransitive)] > grate > grind or gnash teeth
gristbitec900
grindc1000
gnasta1300
grinta1300
gnacche13..
chirka1387
grenta1425
grunt1426
gristc1460
gnash1496
to crash with the teeth1530
grash1563
granch1736
chark1825
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Collingbourne xviii Here Tyraunt Rychard played the eager Hog, His grashyng tuskes my tender grystels shore: His bloudhound Lovell playd the ravenyng Dog.
1570 T. Preston Lament. from Rome (single sheet) Poll nose rube eye, Grash the teth drawe mouth awrye.
1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 7 No chillyng cold, no scaldyng heate, No grashyng chaps of monsters greate.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 126 The Serpent seeing her aduersary lifteth her necke aboue the ground, and grasheth at the Hart with her teeth.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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