CHEW, CHEWED, CHEWING
ADJECTIVES
1611 — MASTICATORY pert. to chewing, mastication, champing
1614 — MANDUCABLE capable of being chewed, manducated, or eaten; eatable → obs.
1656 — MANDIBLE capable of being chewed or eaten → obs.
1839 — MUMBLED lightly or partially chewed
1846 — MASTICABLE that may be chewed or masticated
NOUNS
1565 — MASTICATION a chewing
1650 — MANDUCATION a chewing
1825 — RAMSH a single act of chewing coarse or rank food, as raw vegetables → Sc.
1849 — MASTICABILITY the capability of being chewed
1950 — CHANK a noisy or forceful act of chewing or biting → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1000 — TO-CHEW to chew to pieces; to tear with the teeth → obs.
1350 — MUMBLE to eat slowly and ineffectually; to chew tentatively with or as with toothless gums
1362 — MAUNGE to chew, to munch, to masticate; to eat greedily → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1623 — MANDUCATE to chew, to eat
1632 — CRAUNCH to crunch, to chew or bite with a crushing noise
1649 — MASTICATE to chew, to grind food to a pulp with the teeth
1770 — MUNGE to eat greedily and noisily; to munch, to chew → chiefly Eng. dial.
1791 — YAM to chew, to eat greedily and with noise → Eng. dial.
..19C — QUIDDLE to chew, to suck food in the mouth → Eng. dial.
1825 — NATTLE to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — RAMSH → RANSH → RUNSH to chew and munch vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth → Sc.
1829 — MANCH to chew; to eat; to munch → Eng. dial.
1844 — CHONK to chew loudly, to eat noisily → Amer. dial.
1880 — YACKLE to chew, to gnaw (confused with ‘yaggle’) → Sc.
1895 — CHANK to chew loudly, to eat noisily → Amer. dial.
1900 — GRASH to chew with a crunching noise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — CHAW to chew → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — WAFFLE to chew and swallow with difficulty → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — NAG to keep chewing at, to gnaw → Sc.
1914 — CHAWNK to chew loudly, to eat noisily → Amer. dial.
1916 — CHEW WET to chew succulent vegetables, or other food, with the mouth open so that a clacking sound escapes → Amer. dial.
1922 — NYAM to chew, to seize between the teeth, to eat greedily → Sc. & Amer. dial.
1923 — NAM to chew, to seize between the teeth, to eat greedily → Sc.
1923 — NYIM-NYAM to chew, to seize between the teeth, to eat greedily → Sc.
1927 — CHAUNK to chew loudly, to eat noisily → Amer. dial.
1928 — NIGG to chew with difficulty → Sc.
1929 — YAGGLE to chew with difficulty, to bite away laboriously at some tough morsel → Sc.
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