begnaw

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to.

Verb

 * 1)  To gnaw; to eat away at.
 * 2) * 1860, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver and Philosopher; Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time, VII, A History of Hard Work, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 2, issues 7-12, page 238:
 * Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."
 * 1) * 1860, William Hogarth: Painter, Engraver and Philosopher; Essays on the Man, the Work, and the Time, VII, A History of Hard Work, in The Cornhill Magazine, volume 2, issues 7-12, page 238:
 * Above him hangs, all torn, tattered, and rat-begnawed, "A View of the Gold Mines of Peru."