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A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
One who cheats; a sharper.
One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.
Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.
Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism.
That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.
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The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch.
In a biting manner.
Not having a bit or bridle.
A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.
See Bitts.
To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
A binnacle.
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of Bite
p. p. of Bite.