n. Secret slander; detraction. [ 1913 Webster ]
Backbiting, and bearing of false witness. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. “A biting affliction.” “A biting jest.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Etching.) The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch. G. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a biting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Cribbing, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment;
n. The hunting of rabbits. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Etching) The act or process of deepening worn lines in an etched plate by submitting it again to the action of acid. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]