begnaw

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *begnawen, from Old English begnagan (“to begnaw, gnaw all over”), equivalent to be- +‎ gnaw. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɪˈnɔː/ (US) IPA(key): /bɪˈnɔ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɪˈnɑ/ Rhymes: -ɔː === Verb === begnaw (third-person singular simple present begnaws, present participle begnawing, simple past begnawed, past participle begnawed or begnawn) (transitive, archaic) To gnaw; to eat away at. 1860, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver and Philosopher; Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time, VII, A History of Hard Work, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 2, issues 7-12, page 238: Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru." === References === “begnaw”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Bangwe