Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BITE, n.

1. The seizure of any thing by the teeth of an animal, as the bite of a dog; or with the mouth, as of a fish.
2. The wound made by the teeth.
3. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting; a mouthful.
4. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [A low word.]
5. A sharper; one who cheats.