BACKBITE, BACKBITER, BACKBITING
NOUNS
19C.. ► NAIL-BOX a centre of backbiting → printers’ usage
1883 ► NIP-LUG backbiting, squabbling, acrimony → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1225 ► CAT a backbiting or spiteful woman; a term of contempt for a person; esp. one who scratches like a cat
1598 ► MALDISANT a backbiter; an evil speaker; a slanderer → obs.
19C.. ► RAMMACK a backbiter; a false-hearted fellow; a double-dealer → Sc.
1836 ► SCULPIN a backbiter; a person; a rascal → Amer. dial., derogatory
1859 ► FACE-FLATTERER a backbiter; one who compliments another grossly and to his face
1898 ► BENBITER a backbiter; a deceitful person → Sc. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLACK-BACK a backbiter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
1776 ► CANT to backbite, to gossip; to tell tales, to slander; to scold → Sc. & Eng. dial.
19C.. ► BRASS NAIL to backbite → sl.
19C.. ► GIVE GREEN RATS to backbite, to slander, to malign → sl.
19C.. ► NAIL to backbite → sl.
19C.. ► RECKON UP to backbite, to slander → sl.
1876 ► DING OVER to backbite, to gossip, to discuss someone when absent → Eng. dial.
1905 ► RAIL OVER to backbite, to talk over → Eng. dial. (Bk.)