gnboat.html - n.
(also namma) Austral. a natural hole in a rock, containing water; a waterhole. [Aboriginal]

gnboat.html - adj.
(also gnarly) (of a tree, hands, etc.) knobbly, twisted, rugged. [var. of knarled, rel. to KNURL]

gnboat.html - v. & n.
--v.

1 tr. grind (the teeth).
2 intr. (of the teeth) strike together; grind.

--n.

an act of grinding the teeth. [var. of obs. gnacche or gnast, rel. to ON gnastan a gnashing (imit.)]

gnboat.html - n.
1 any small two-winged biting fly of the genus Culex, esp. C. pipiens.
2 an insignificant annoyance.
3 a tiny thing. [OE gnótt]

gnboat.html - adj.
of or relating to the jaws. [Gk gnathos jaw]

gnboat.html - v.
(past part. gnawed or gnawn)
1 a tr. (usu. foll. by away, off, in two, etc.) bite persistently; wear away by biting. b intr. (often foll. by at, into) bite, nibble.
2 a intr. (often foll. by at, into) (of a destructive agent, pain, fear, etc.) corrode; waste away; consume; torture. b tr. corrode, consume, torture, etc. with pain, fear, etc. (was gnawed by doubt).
3 tr. (as gnawing adj.) persistent; worrying.

gnawingly adv. [OE gnagen, ult. imit.]