† gnastingn.
Obsolete.
The action of gnast v.; gnashing.
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the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > gnashing or grinding teeth
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > other manifestations of sorrow > [noun] > gnashing of teeth
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > harsh or discordant quality > [noun] > grating or rasping > grinding or gnashing teeth
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gritting1823
a1300 Cursor Mundi 26760 Þar endles gnasting es to toth.
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 49 Þere shal be wepyng and gnastinge of teeþ.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xix. 12 As the gnasting [L. fremitus] of a leoun, so and the wrathe of the king.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 81 Þe voyces of gnastynge.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Jer. viii. 16 Gnastyng [1382 fnesting; L. fremitus] of horsis therof is herd fro Dan.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 200/2 Gnastynge (K. gnachynge), fremitus.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. dd.iii Gnastynge of tethe.
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