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gnide
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gnide, v. t. [AS. gn.].
To rub; to bruise; to break in pieces. [1913 Webster]
" 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.
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