BISHOP (3)

Bish″op (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bishoping.] [[From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt.]] (Far.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. J. H. Walsh.