FROM THE NUMBER AND POSITION OF THE TEETH, physiologists are enabled to define the nature and functions of the animal; and from those of the Sus, or hog, it is evident that he is as much a grinder as a biter, or can live as well on vegetable as on animal food; though a mixture of both is plainly indicated as the character of food most conducive to the integrity and health of its physical system. 767.

Come on, sir, a so like a sheep-biter a looks.

Our author wrote a comedy of three acts, called the Biter.

He wrote a piece called the New Rehearsal, or Bays the Younger; containing an Examen of the Ambitious Step-mother, Tamerlane, The Biter, Fair Penitent, The Royal Convert, Ulysses, and Jane Shore, all written by Mr. Rowe; also a Word or Two on Mr. Pope's Rape of the Lock, to which is prefixed a Preface concerning Criticism in general, by the Earl of Shaftsbury, Author of the Characteristics, 8vo.

tit for tat, give and take, blow for blow, quid pro quo, a Roland for an Oliver, measure for measure, diamond cut diamond, the biter bit, a game at which two can play; reproof valiant, retort courteous. recrimination &c (accusation) 938; revenge &c 919; compensation &c 30; reaction &c (recoil) 277.

Well, it was a case of the biter bitten, and when Desmond exposed his hand there came a look upon the sharp's face that can never be described, but which might be photographed with a snap-shot machine.

The biter bit.'Mac' after the big boar.

The Biter Bitten V. All's Well That Ends

CHAPTER IV The Biter Bitten.

I BROTHER AND SISTER II "THE DRACONIAN REFORMS" III "BRICK," "SORREL-TOP," AND "REDDY" IV THE BITER BITTEN V HOME

" CHAPTER IV THE BITER BITTEN

Oh dear, I would rather it had been anyone else, for I do dislike him so much!" "Don't fret yourself; wait until you hear the end of my story, and then you will see that for once the biter has been bitten," answered Miles, with so much chuckling and gurgling that he seemed to be in a fair way to choke himself.

THE BITER BIT.

The biter had been bit, and could not complain of the outcome.

THE BITER BIT.

As the cormorant is generally regarded to be the dernier cri in voracity, the incident illustrates the old saying of the biter bit.

He welcomed me warmly, although my suspicions had not been imparted to him, and, with a more cheerful heart than had lately been habitual to him, entered into an animated conversation respecting the great case of Biter v. Bit, then absorbing so much of the public attention, frequently addressing Ulster, whose remarks were always pertinent, brief, and clear.

This observation was made by a person who saw the remains on the 8th of August, 1832, an older object by twelve years, and without teeth,a gum-biter!

He could ride anything on hoofs with a slack rein; and the worst biter in the stable would take a bridle from him as it were an apple.

Your most humble, Q. R.' SIR, 'In answer to your Letter, I must desire you to recollect yourself; and you will find, that when you did me the Honour to be so merry over my Paper, you laughed at the Idiot, the German Courtier, the Gaper, the Merry-Andrew, the Haberdasher, the Biter, the Butt, and not at Your humble Servant, The SPECTATOR.'

A Biter is one who tells you a thing you have no reason to disbelieve in it self; and perhaps has given you, before he bit you, no reason to disbelieve it for his saying it; and if you give him Credit, laughs in your Face, and triumphs that he has deceiv'd you.

In a Word, a Biter is one who thinks you a Fool, because you do not think him a Knave.

The Youth shew'd the filial Sorrow which he oughtUpon which the witty Man cry'd, Bite, there was nothing in all this To put an end to this silly, pernicious, frivolous Way at once, I will give the Reader one late Instance of a Bite, which no Biter for the future will ever be able to equal, tho' I heartily wish him the same Occasion.

Although 'bite' and 'biter' have not retained this sense, it remains in an occasional use of the word 'bitten.'] * *

The last is often known under the term of white ants, in which we count the deadly termite, the yellow corslet termite, the termite that shuns the light, the biter, the destroyer" "And those that constructed this ant-hill?" asked Dick Sand.