Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bitten with a cankered or envenomed tooth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Eaten out by canker, or as by canker.
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Examples
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By treasons tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit, 18136
Act V. Scene III 1909
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Know, my name is lofti By treafon's toothbare-gnawn, and canker-bit:
The Plays of William Shakspeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... 1785
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