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Webster 1913 Edition


Biting

Bit′ing

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Adj.
That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
“A biting affliction.” “A biting jest.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Biting

BI'TING

,
ppr.
Seizing, wounding, or crushing with the teeth; pinching,paining, causing to smart with cold; reproaching with severity, or treating sarcastically; chesting.

BI'TING

,
Adj.
Sharp; severe; sarcastic.