champ
verb (used with object)
to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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The spirit she imbibed through the pores of her skin, and the juices of the meat she had champed, seemed to have communicated preternatural excitement to her.
From Rookwood by William Harrison Ainsworth