English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bite (v.)

A cheat; a trick; a fraud.

Bite (v.)

The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.

Bite (v.)

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.

Bite (v.)

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

Biter (n.)

One who cheats; a sharper.

Biter (n.)

One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish.

Biternate (a.)

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.

Bitheism (n.)

Belief in the existence of two gods; dualism.

Biting (a.)

That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic.

Biting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bite

Biting in

The process of corroding or eating into metallic plates, by means of an acid. See Etch.

Bitingly (adv.)

In a biting manner.

Bitless (a.)

Not having a bit or bridle.

Bitstock (n.)

A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

Bitt (n.)

See Bitts.

Bitt (v. t.)

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.

Bittacle (n.)

A binnacle.

Bitted (imp. & p. p.)

of Bit

Bitten (p. p.)

of Bite

Bitten

p. p. of Bite.