GNAW
VERBS
1225 — TO-FRET o gnaw, to devour, to consume → obs.
1300 — TO-GNAW to gnaw to pieces, to gnaw away → obs.
1530 — SHEAR to gnaw through, to cut in pieces with the teeth → obs.
1567 — KNABBLE — NABBLE to bite, to gnaw, to nibble → Eng. dial. obs.
1777 — RAUNCH — RAUNGE to eat or devour greedily; to munch, to gnaw → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1821 — CHUMBLE to gnaw, to nibble, to peck → chiefly Eng. dial.
1825 — NAG to gnaw, to nibble; to keep chewing at → Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
1869 — NAGGLE to gnaw; to nag, to quarrel, to haggle
1871 — NATTLE to nibble; to chew with difficulty; to gnaw; to nip → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1880 — YACKLE to gnaw, to chew (confused with ‘yaggle’) → Sc.
1900 — GNAGGLE to gnaw, to bite at anything hard → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1928 — NIGG to gnaw, to chew with difficulty → Sc.
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