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gnash

  [nash]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to grind or strike (the teeth) together, esp. in rage or pain.
2. to bite with grinding teeth.
–verb (used without object)
3. to gnash the teeth.
–noun
4. an act of gnashing.
Origin:
1490–1500; var. of obs. gnast, ME gnasten; cf. ON gnastan gnashing of teeth

Related forms:
gnash⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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gnash   (nāsh)   
tr.v.   gnashed, gnash·ing, gnash·es

  1. To grind or strike (the teeth, for example) together.

  2. To bite (something) by grinding the teeth.


[Alteration of Middle English gnasten, gnaisten, possibly of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse gnastan, a gnashing.]
gnash n.
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Word Origin & History

gnash 
1496, variant of M.E. gnasten "to gnash the teeth" (c.1300), perhaps from O.N. gnastan "a gnashing," of unknown origin, probably imitative.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

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.)

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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