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William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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eat away

Part of Speechverb

To erode or corrode gradually.

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The battery acid ate away at the metal until a large hole appeared.

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