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. A cheat; a trick; a fraud. [Colloq.] The baser methods of getting money by fraud and bite, by deceiving and overreaching. Humorist.
7. A sharper; one who cheats. [Slang] Johnson.
8. (Print.)
Defn: 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.
BITER
Bit"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish. "Great barkers are no biters." Camden.
2. One who cheats; a sharper. [Colloq.] Spectator.
BITERNATE
Bi*ter"nate, a. Etym: [Pref. bi- + ternate.] (Bot.)
Defn: Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets.
— Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.