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Webster 1913 Edition


Mordicant

Mor′di-cant

,
Adj.
[L.
mordicans
, p. pr. of
mordicare
to bite, fr.
mordere
: cf. F.
mordicant
.]
Biting; acrid;
as, the
mordicant
quality of a body
.
[R.]
Boyle.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mordicant

MOR'DICANT

,
Adj.
[L. mordeo, to bite.] Biting; acrid; as the mordicant quality of a body.