Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gnash"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gnash \Gnash\, v. i.
To grind or strike the teeth together.
There they him laid, Gnashing for anguish, and despite,
and shame. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gnash
v : grind together, of teeth
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