Hypertext Webster Gateway: "begnaw"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Begnaw \Be*gnaw"\, v. t. [p. p. {Begnawed}, (R.) {Begnawn}.]
[AS. begnagan; pref. be- + gnagan to gnaw.]
To gnaw; to eat away; to corrode.
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul. --Shak.
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