DEVOUR, DEVOURING
ADJECTIVES
► SCADE ravenous, devouring → 1904 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► LURCATION a greedy eating or gluttonous devouring → 1661 obs.
VERBS
► AFRETE to eat up, to devour → 1350 obs.
► BELLOCK to eat greedily, to devour → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANG AWAY to devour food eagerly and quickly, to snatch at one’s food → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAMF ► GAMP ► GAMPH to eat greedily, to devour, to gulp → 1805 Sc.
► GAUMP to eat or drink greedily; to devour hurriedly; to gulp → 1805 Sc. obs.
► GLOM to devour greedily → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GLUSH to devour, to gobble → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► GROUZE ► GROWZE to devour or munch with a crunching sound → 1624 Eng. dial.
► GULCH to swallow or devour greedily → 1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GURGITATE to swallow greedily, to devour → 1656 obs.
► GUTTLE to devour or swallow greedily → 1685
► INGROTEN to cram with food or drink, to glut, to devour → 1440 obs.
► MAW to eat, to devour → 1862 Eng. dial.
► MURDER to devour ravenously; to consume to the last drop or crumb → 1935 colloq.
► RAUNCH ► RAUNGE to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw; to tear up → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCOFF to eat noisily and greedily; to swallow food or drink quickly; to devour; to gulp down, to toss off → 1826
► SLONK to swallow greedily; to devour → 1481
► TO-FRET to gnaw, to devour, to consume → a1225 obs.
► VOUR to devour, to eat → c1330 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► YAFF to devour ravenously → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)