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Definition of Gnashes
1. gnash [v] - See also: gnash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gnashes
Literary usage of Gnashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1820)
"Malice, or spite, sets tiie jaws, or gnashes with the teeth ... sometimes raises
them wishfully; opens the incut ; gnashes with the teeth; ..."
2. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the by William Scott (1820)
"Malice, or spite, sets the JAWS, or gnashes with the teeth ; sends blasting
flashes from the eyes ; draws the mouth toward the ears ; clenches both lists, ..."
3. Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the by William Scott (1823)
"... or spite, sets the jaws, or gnashes with the teeth ; sends blasting flashes
from the eyes ; draws the mouth toward the ears; clenches both fists, ..."
4. Morals on the Book of Job by Gregory (1845)
"For that ancient enemy of the Church ' gnashes against her with the teeth ...
Thus her old enemy ' gnashes upon her with his teeth,' so long as by the cruel ..."
5. The Musical World (1866)
"... gnashes teeth and whispers vengeance against Sothern. ... arrives with
posters (larger than ever), and then Sothern gnashes teeth, and stammers ..."
6. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant (1824)
"Malice, or spite, sets the jaws, or gnashes with the teeth ; sends blasting
flashes from the eyes; draws the mouth toward the ears; clenches both fists, ..."
7. Nasby in Exile; Or, Six Months of Travel in England, Ireland, Scotland by David Ross Locke (1882)
"In paying this enormous bill should you display more money than he supposed you
carried, he gnashes his teeth and howls with rage. ..."
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