BITE (3)

bite (3). Bite, v.t. bit, pret. bitten, pa. to seize or break with the teeth, cause to smart, cheat

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Bite, n. [[OE. bite, bit, bitt, AS. bite bite, fr. bītan to bite, akin to Icel. bit, OS. biti, G. biss. See Bite, v., and cf. Bit.]] 1. 1. The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite.
I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. Walton. 2. 2. The act of puncturing or abrading with an organ for taking food, as is done by some insects.
3. 3. The wound made by biting; as, the pain of a dog's or snake's bite; the bite of a mosquito.
4. 4. A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.
5. 5. 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.
6. 6. A cheat; a trick; a fraud.
The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching. Humorist. 7. 7. A sharper; one who cheats. Johnson.
8. 8. (Print.) A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.