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English Dictionary: gnash by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gnash
v
  1. grind together, of teeth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gnash \Gnash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gnashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Gnashing}.] [OE. gnasten, gnaisten, cf. Icel. gnastan a
      gnashing, gn[?]sta to gnash, Dan. knaske, Sw. gnissla, D.
      knarsen, G. knirschen.]
      To strike together, as in anger or pain; as, to gnash the
      teeth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gnash \Gnash\, v. i.
      To grind or strike the teeth together.
  
               There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite,
               and shame.                                             --Milton.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Gnash
      Heb. harak, meaning "to grate the teeth", (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10;
      Lam. 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. (See also Acts 7:54; Mark
      9:18.)
     
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