Gnawn

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of gnaw archaic, form-of, participle, past

    "ſee the hell of hauing a false woman : my bed ſhall be abus'd, my Coffers ranſack'd, my reputation gnawne at, and I ſhall only receiue this villanous wrong, but ſtand vnder the adoption of abhominable termes […]"

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gnawedgnawed

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"ſee the hell of hauing a false woman : my bed ſhall be abus'd, my Coffers ranſack'd, my reputation gnawne at, and I ſhall only receiue this villanous wrong, but ſtand vnder the adoption of abhominable termes […]"

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