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Thanks for the reference.
I am confused, though.
"A dog worrying a bone" - is that a fight by two over the same bone? Is it, the bone being worried by the dog's presence?
How does that relate to the definition?

Am I jest plain stew-pid?



more like you've never had a dog!

2 a : to harass by tearing, biting, or snapping especially at the throat <wolves worry the sheep> <the dog is worrying a bone> [W3]

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Etymology: Middle English wirien, werien, worien to strangle, worry with the teeth, from Old English wyrgan to strangle [W3]

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