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According to the account given by Labillardiere, confirmed by the information given by Mr. Hekmeyer, the figures are often craunched by women and children, to the latter of whom they serve as dolls, toys, and even money-boxes, as shown by the slits formed in the upper part of the larger objects, which are usually hollow.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various

The Boarder, having had long practice in the art, craunched at railway speed.

Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley Belle Kanaris Maniates

With all the power of her limbs she sprang and clutched; with all the power of her love she craunched.

Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

The godlike part of the cod, which, like the human head, is curiously and wonderfully made, forsooth has but little less brain in it, -- coming to such an end! to be craunched by cows!

Cape Cod 1865

All tasted, and John Howland hastily gathering up a portion upon a wooden plate carried it to the Common house for the delectation of the women, that is to say, for Elizabeth Tilley, whose firm young teeth craunched it with much gusto.

Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims 1862

He needed no second invitation, but fell to work like a wild animal, and craunched bones and flesh between his strong teeth in such a ravenous manner that I had expectations of his choking himself; and I don't know that I should have been sorry if he had.

The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia William Henry Thomes 1859

Before long, in came the Merman's wife, who was beautiful of form and favour and with her two children, each having in his hand a young fish, which he craunched as a man would craunch a cucumber.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

In less than ten minutes from that time the sailor was within six feet of the "hammer-head's" open mouth, -- in imminent danger of being craunched between those quadruple tiers of terrible teeth, and taken into the monster's capacious maw.

The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850

The noise now for a short time subsided, and nothing was heard but the low, broken growls of the cannibal troop, as they busily craunched the bones, and tore the flesh on which they were raking their horrid feast.

The Rangers; or, The Tory's Daughter A tale illustrative of the revolutionary history of Vermont D. P. Thompson 1831

Faustus craunched his teeth while the monk was saying all these noble things about the countenance of the Devil, who turning coolly to the physiognomist, said,

Faust's Leben, Thaten und Höllenfahrt. English Friedrich Maximilian Klinger 1791