Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Mórd-ere, v. a. (pass. mor-si, Mórd-se, Mórd-sero, part.Mórd-so , &c.)
1. to bite; 2. to wound, 3. to bite, to carp, to censure, to slander, to rail at, to find fault with. Te ne farò — le braccia, I'll make you repent it; v. r. — le dita, to repent of; s. m. Mórd-itóre, f. Mórd-itríce; adj. Mórd-énte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
mordere: to bite, to snip, to champ, or pinch with teeth. Also to taunt, to quip with bitter words, to detract, or backbite, to reprooue.