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 as he had it in his fist, cries, "Bite, I am to be hanged in chains."—Spectator, No. 504.

Bite up (tailors), an unpleasant altercation.

Bit-faker (thieves' slang), a coiner or forger of false money. To "fake" is probably the Latin facio, which has many meanings besides its primary meanings of "make" and "do." It may also be a form of the gypsy ker, which has the same significations. A bit-faker would, therefore, be a maker of money (bit).

Bit-faking (thieves' slang), coining or forging money.

Biting his hips (tailors), regretting what he has done or said.

Biting up (tailors), grieving for something lost or gone.

Biting your name in (popular), taking a large draught of some liquor, drinking deep or greedily.

Bit of blood, a spirited horse that has some blood.

Bit of cavalry, a saddle horse.

Bit of leaf (prison), a small quantity of tobacco.

Bit of mutton (common), a nice woman, generally in a questionable sense.

Bit on, a (common), slightly intoxicated.

Bit of sticks (sporting), a copse.

Bit of stuff (familiar), over-dressed man; a man with full confidence in his appearance and ability. A young woman of dissolute life, who is also called a "bit of muslin."

(Common), a draft or bill of exchange.

Bits of stiff (popular), bank notes.

Bitter (general), to "do a bitter," to have a glass of bitter ale. Originally an Oxford term.