gnash ( g silent)

t. & i. [A modification of Mid. Eng. gnasten to gnash the teeth.] [GNAST.] A. Trans.: To strike together, as the teeth; to clash. "He gnashed his teeth, his eyeballs flashed with fire." Hoole: Orlando Furioso, bk. xxx. B. In trans .: To grind or clash the teeth together, as in rage, despair, .; to rage. "The monster fell, and gnashing with huge tusks Ploughed up the crimson earth." Smith : Phædra and Hippo lit us , i. gnăsh-ing ( g silent), *gnash-ynge, pr. par., a. & s. [GNASH, v .] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of grinding or clashing the teeth together, as in rage, despair, . "And the children of the kyngedome shal be caste oute into utter darknes; there shal be wepynge and gnashynge of teeth."- Bible (1551), Matt . viii. gnăsh'-ing-lỹ gnă ( g silent), adv. [Eng. gnashing; -ly.] In a gnashing manner; with gnashing of teeth. *gnast, *gnaste, s. [A. S. gnást a spark; Sw. gnista ; Dan. gnist ; Icel. gneisti .] An ash; the wick of a candle. "As a gnast pa end i." - Wycliffe : Isaiah xxix. 5. *gnast, *gnaist, *gnast-en, *gnast-yn, v. i. [Sw. knastra to crush between the teeth; Icel. gnastan =a gnashing, gnista =to gnash the teeth, gnesta =to crack; Ger. knastern to gnash; Dut. knarsén. Prob. a mere variant of crash (q. v.). ( Skeat .)] To grind or gnash the teeth together, as in rage, despair, . "Thai gnaisted ouer me with thaire tet he." E. Eng . Psalter , Ps. xxxiv. 16. *gnast-ere, s. [Eng. gnast, v.; -ere=-er.] One who gnashes his teeth; one who rages or fumes. "Gnastere. Fremit or."-Prompt. Parv. Pathol .: Inflammation of the jaw. gnăth -ô-đòn (gsilent).s. [ Gr.gnathos =a jaw, and odous (gen it. odontos )=a tooth.] 1. Ornith .: A genus of birds, called also Didunculus (q. v.). 2. Zool. & Palæont .: A genus of conchiferous mollusks, family Mactride. It is so called because one of the lateral teeth connected with the hinge has a certain resemblance to a jaw-bone. Recent species, one certain and three doubtful; fo il three, from the Chalk onward. The best-known recent species is Gnathodon cuneatus , which was formerly eaten by the Indians. It is found with Cyrena carol in ens is at Mobile, on the Gulf of Mexico, which is built on a shell-bank consisting chiefly of the two species. *gnă-thon-ic, gnă-thon-ic-al, a. [Gr.gnathōn (gen it. gnathōnos ) = a full mouth, a fat cheek; Eng., ., suff. -ic, -ical (q. v.).] Flattering, deceitful. *gnă-thon-Ic-al-ly ( g silent), adv . [Eng. gna thonical; -ly.] In a servile, parasitical, or flattering manner. †gnă-thop-o-dīte ( g silent), s. [Gr.gnathos=a jaw; pous (gen it. podos )=a foot, and Eng., ., suff. -ite (q. v.).] Zool.: A jaw-foot-i. e., a foot modified into a jaw, more generally called maxillipedes (q. v.). Such limbs exist in the Crustacea.