Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
grind together, of teeth;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gnash \Gnash\, v. i.
To grind or strike the teeth together.
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There they him laid,
Gnashing for anguish, and despite, and shame. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gnash
v 1: grind together, of teeth