sheep-bitern.

Etymology: Compare West Frisian skieppebiter in sense 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-ˌbiter.

1. A dog that bites or worries sheep. (Also attributive.) ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat

port-dogOE

port-houndOE

cochour14..

water dogc1400

sheep-biter1548

holdfast1600

devil dog1642

land-dog1665

junkyard dog1936

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. M viij b Lyke shepe byter curres to snach vp and it wear but a sory lambe for their prey.

1575 tr. A. Marlorat Apocalips 25 Not shepherds, but sheepe~byters & woolues which spare not the Lords flocke.

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. D4 No slouen, sluggard, nor sheep-biter dogge.

1664 Homer A la Mode 39 Their eares like sheep-biters they hang'd.

1831 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 444 The public..are running in upon them as at the last hour of a parish sheep-biter.

†2. figurative. (a) ? A malicious or censorious fellow. (b) A shifty, sneaking, or thievish fellow. Cf. sheep-biting n. at Derivatives. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [noun]

snuch1579

sheep-biter?1589

sneaker1598

roundabout1605

sneaka1643

sneaks1653

creepa1876

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > underhandedness or sneakiness > person

snuch1579

sheep-biter?1589

sneaker1598

sneaka1643

sneaks1653

creepa1876

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious

plucker-atc1500

pick-fault1544

pick mote1549

trip-taker1556

mome1563

Momus1563

Zoilus1565

find-fault1567

caviller1574

carper1579

sheep-biter?1589

Zoilist1594

momist1597

word-catcher1659

knocker1898

crabber1909

kvetch1936

tearer-downer1942

nitpicker1951

kvetcher1968

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 17 b What say you to that zealous sheepebyter of your owne edition in Cambridge.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 5 Wouldst thou not be glad to haue the niggardly Rascally sheepe-biter, come by some notable shame?

1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 40 I was fain sometimes to put on a little impudence, that I might avoid the suspicion of a gelding or a sheep-biter.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxx. 288 There are Political Sheep~biters as well as Pastoral; Betrayers of Publique Trusts, as well as of Private.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sheep~biter, a poor, sorry, sneaking, ill-lookt Fellow.

1778 R. B. Sheridan Camp i. i I'll throttle you, you sheep-biter.

†3. A great mutton-eater. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > eaters of other flesh

ophiophagus1555

sheep-biter1599

offal-eater1889

turtledom1893

1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 Then the sly sheepe-biter issued into the midst.

1640 ‘Ben Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 38 The Character of the Glutton..a tormenter of Poultry,..a terrible Sheep-biter; a horrible Mutton-monger.

†4. One who runs after ‘mutton’; a woman-hunter, whoremonger. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who

horlinga1200

holourc1230

whore-mana1325

putourc1390

putroura1425

whoremastera1425

whoremonger?a1472

putyer1477

whoredomerc1485

holarda1500

whore-keeper1530

mutton-monger1532

smell-smock?1545

stallion1553

woman-louper1568

limb-lifter1579

Lusty Laurence1582

punker1582

wencher1593

womanist1608

belly-bumper1611

sheep-biter1611

stringer1613

fleshmongera1616

hunt-smock1624

whorer1624

womanizer1626

woman errant1628

mongera1637

linen-lifter1652

whorster1654

whorehopper1664

cousin1694

smocker1708

mutton-master1729

woman dangler1850

masher1872

chippy chaser1887

chaser1894

stud1895

molrower1896

skirt-chaser1942

1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. i I wish all such old sheepe~biters might alwaies dippe their fingers in such sauce to their mutton.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 56 You shall see an old sheep-biter..with a slavering lip, a bleare-eye.., courting of a comely Lady.

1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 345 You that are plying for Sheepbiters here, And hope to sell your Mutton Loyns so dear.

Derivatives

ˈsheep-ˌbiting n. rare †adj. given to biting or worrying sheep; figurative thieving, sneaking (in Scott an echo of Shakespeare).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to > in sneaking manner

sheep-bitinga1616

hole-creeping1638

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that acts in specific way

made1474

sheep-bitinga1616

hard-bitten1686

on trust1875

obedience-trained1937

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > misc actions

snack1402

sheep-biting1817

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 351 Show your sheepe-biting face, and be hang'd an houre.

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 60 How like a sheep biting Rogue taken i'th' manner, And ready for the halter dost thou look now.

a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 22 Sheepe-biting Mungrels.

1817 J. Mayer Sportsman's Direct. (ed. 2) 209 To cure a Dog of Sheep-biting.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iv. 53 That pitiful sheep-biting visage of thine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sheep-biter
释义	sheep-bitern. Etymology: Compare West Frisian skieppebiter in sense 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsheep-ˌbiter. 1. A dog that bites or worries sheep. (Also attributive.) ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > defined by actions or habitat port-dogOE port-houndOE cochour14.. water dogc1400 sheep-biter1548 holdfast1600 devil dog1642 land-dog1665 junkyard dog1936 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. M viij b Lyke shepe byter curres to snach vp and it wear but a sory lambe for their prey. 1575 tr. A. Marlorat Apocalips 25 Not shepherds, but sheepe~byters & woolues which spare not the Lords flocke. 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing sig. D4 No slouen, sluggard, nor sheep-biter dogge. 1664 Homer A la Mode 39 Their eares like sheep-biters they hang'd. 1831 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 444 The public..are running in upon them as at the last hour of a parish sheep-biter. †2. figurative. (a) ? A malicious or censorious fellow. (b) A shifty, sneaking, or thievish fellow. Cf. sheep-biting n. at Derivatives. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sneakiness > sneaky person > [noun] snuch1579 sheep-biter?1589 sneaker1598 roundabout1605 sneaka1643 sneaks1653 creepa1876 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > underhandedness or sneakiness > person snuch1579 sheep-biter?1589 sneaker1598 sneaka1643 sneaks1653 creepa1876 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > critic > captious plucker-atc1500 pick-fault1544 pick mote1549 trip-taker1556 mome1563 Momus1563 Zoilus1565 find-fault1567 caviller1574 carper1579 sheep-biter?1589 Zoilist1594 momist1597 word-catcher1659 knocker1898 crabber1909 kvetch1936 tearer-downer1942 nitpicker1951 kvetcher1968 ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 17 b What say you to that zealous sheepebyter of your owne edition in Cambridge. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. v. 5 Wouldst thou not be glad to haue the niggardly Rascally sheepe-biter, come by some notable shame? View more context for this quotation 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 40 I was fain sometimes to put on a little impudence, that I might avoid the suspicion of a gelding or a sheep-biter. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxxx. 288 There are Political Sheep~biters as well as Pastoral; Betrayers of Publique Trusts, as well as of Private. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sheep~biter, a poor, sorry, sneaking, ill-lookt Fellow. 1778 R. B. Sheridan Camp i. i I'll throttle you, you sheep-biter. †3. A great mutton-eater. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating specific substances or food > [noun] > eating flesh or meat > eaters of other flesh ophiophagus1555 sheep-biter1599 offal-eater1889 turtledom1893 1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 37 Then the sly sheepe-biter issued into the midst. 1640 ‘Ben Arod Gad’ Wandering-Jew 38 The Character of the Glutton..a tormenter of Poultry,..a terrible Sheep-biter; a horrible Mutton-monger. †4. One who runs after ‘mutton’; a woman-hunter, whoremonger. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > womanizing or associating with loose women > one who horlinga1200 holourc1230 whore-mana1325 putourc1390 putroura1425 whoremastera1425 whoremonger?a1472 putyer1477 whoredomerc1485 holarda1500 whore-keeper1530 mutton-monger1532 smell-smock?1545 stallion1553 woman-louper1568 limb-lifter1579 Lusty Laurence1582 punker1582 wencher1593 womanist1608 belly-bumper1611 sheep-biter1611 stringer1613 fleshmongera1616 hunt-smock1624 whorer1624 womanizer1626 woman errant1628 mongera1637 linen-lifter1652 whorster1654 whorehopper1664 cousin1694 smocker1708 mutton-master1729 woman dangler1850 masher1872 chippy chaser1887 chaser1894 stud1895 molrower1896 skirt-chaser1942 1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. i I wish all such old sheepe~biters might alwaies dippe their fingers in such sauce to their mutton. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 56 You shall see an old sheep-biter..with a slavering lip, a bleare-eye.., courting of a comely Lady. 1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 345 You that are plying for Sheepbiters here, And hope to sell your Mutton Loyns so dear. Derivatives ˈsheep-ˌbiting n. rare †adj. given to biting or worrying sheep; figurative thieving, sneaking (in Scott an echo of Shakespeare). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [adjective] > stealing or inclined to > in sneaking manner sheep-bitinga1616 hole-creeping1638 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [adjective] > that acts in specific way made1474 sheep-bitinga1616 hard-bitten1686 on trust1875 obedience-trained1937 the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > misc actions snack1402 sheep-biting1817 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 351 Show your sheepe-biting face, and be hang'd an houre. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) v. 60 How like a sheep biting Rogue taken i'th' manner, And ready for the halter dost thou look now. a1627 T. Middleton Chast Mayd in Cheape-side (1630) ii. 22 Sheepe-biting Mungrels. 1817 J. Mayer Sportsman's Direct. (ed. 2) 209 To cure a Dog of Sheep-biting. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. iv. 53 That pitiful sheep-biting visage of thine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1548
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