mordicare

mordicare [LL] , to bite or grip (fig.), to cause to smart, sting, or hurt. b (intr.) to smart, sting, or hurt. c (pr. ppl. as sb. n.) something that bites (fig.), stings, or hurts. grossorum vaporum ~antium nervos Gilb. I 15. 2; multitudo colere descendentis a cisti fellis in ipsum [jejunum] pungentis et ~antis ipsum Ps.-Ric. Anat. 35; per anum ad interiora lavanda infundit que remolliens cibi sic compacti duriciem et ~ando intestina superflua eicit et expellit Upton 181. b sentiens se sanari, parvulam manum ad locum jecit dolentem, quasi pruritus ~antes unguibus exarans Mir. Fridesw. 24. c comedisse ~antia Duns Metaph. VI qu. 2 p. 325.

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