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To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. Dryden.

To chew something gently with closed lips.

To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerly written also maunch and mounch.] I could munch your good dry oats. Shak.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

Of or relating to a nephew.

aving two pairs of large, membranous, net-veined wings. The mouth organs are adapted for chewing. They feed upon other insects, and undergo a complete metamorphosis. The ant-lion, hellgamite, and lacewing fly are examples. Formerly, the name was given to a much more extensive group, including the true Neuroptera and th…

Nephew. [Obs.] haucer.

The cutting made by the hewer at the side of the face. (b) pl.

A strong black chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form; negro head.

obligation, and direct the affections, desires, and intentions, as well as the actions. Whewell.

A street sweeper. [Eng.] Mayhew.

To swell beyond; to overflow. [Obs.] Hewyt.

One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.

lk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [Colloq.] I've gone out and pattered to get money. Mayhew.

An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell.

A kind of twisted chewing tobacco. The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail. Swift.

The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. Mayhew.

Toward a pole of the earth. "The regions further polewards." Whewell.

on. The cause is more than the prelude, the effect is more than the sequel, of the fact. Whewell.

To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell.