Both Uses of
devour
in
Bleak House
- Homely filth begrimes him, homely parasites devour him, homely sores are in him, homely rags are on him; native ignorance, the growth of English soil and climate, sinks his immortal nature lower than the beasts that perish.†
Chpt 46-48 *
- As he gave me that slowly devouring look of his, while twisting up the strings of his bag before he hastened with it after Mr. Kenge, the benignant shadow of whose conversational presence he seemed afraid to leave, he gave one gasp as if he had swallowed the last morsel of his client, and his black buttoned-up unwholesome figure glided away to the low door at the end of the Hall.†
Chpt 64-65
Definition:
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(devour as in: devoured three sandwiches) eat rapidly and completely -- usually due to being very hungry