Wiktionary
gnawings
n. (plural of gnawing English)
Usage examples of "gnawings".
He now knew the gnawings of a hunger far worse than that which he had suffered when journeying over the desert plains — a hunger among men, in a civilized country, wearing a belt filled with gold, surrounded with towers and castle halls which were his, but in the control of others who would not condescend to listen to him.
The injury, he had been sure, was due to the gnawings of a tethered horse.