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† greybitch Obs.
Also 4 graye bicche, grebytch, 5 grebyche, 6 grayebytche.
[f. grey (in greyhound) + bitch.]
The female of the greyhound.
13..K. Alis. 5394 Ac anon after that wonder, Comen tigres many hundre, Graye bicchen als it waren. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xxvi. (1495) 786 In bytches milke is founde many dayes tofore the whelpynge and soner in greybitches than in other. c1420Chron. Vilod. st. 222 Hym thouȝt þt his grebyche lay hym beside. 1530Palsgr. 155 Leuriére, a grayebytche. |