Read full poem →Where Sulphrey Phlegeton does ever burn.
The Cerberus with all his Jawes shall gnash,
Megera thee with all her Serpents lash.
Dictionary Entry
A sudden snapping of the teeth.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. gnashgnash teeth
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Poetry examples for “gnash”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Fight, you know; and to talk I am wholly ashamed. And although I
Gnash my teeth when I look in your French or your English papers,
What is the good of that? Will swearing, I wonder, mend matters?
Read full poem →Though hard I strove, but strove in vain,
To rend and gnash my bonds in twain.[f]
He died--and they unlocked his chain,
Read full poem →What gallant War-hounds rouse them from their lair,
And gnash their fangs, loud yelling for the prey!
All join the chase, but few the triumph share;[63]
Read full poem →Let the English rake the bay,
Gnash their teeth and glare askance 90
As they cannonade away!
Read full poem →Let the English rake the bay,
Gnash their teeth and glare askance
As they cannonade away!
Read full poem →Thou might hae plunged me in hell,
To gnash my gums, to weep and wail,
In burnin lakes,