Dictionary entry

Gnash

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.