eat (there are many exx. of the fig. sense ‘devour’)
1.
phrases: “ the
air,” be ‘fed’ upon promises
2H4 I. iii. 28, Ham. III. ii. 99; “
iron, a sword,” be stabbed Ado IV. i. 279, 2H6 IV. x. 31, Troil. II. iii. 231.
2.
to make a way “into” (a thing) by
gnawing or corrosion Troil. III. iii.
136, Lucr.
755.
