What is to rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.] Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury called?

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gnide — To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.] Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury. (Webster's 1913.)

What is to rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [Obs.] Note: This word is found in Tyrwhitt's Chaucer, but improperly. The woed, though common in Old English, does not occur in Chaucer. T. R. Lounsbury called?

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