biter

[ bahy-ter ]

/ ˈbaɪ tər /

a person or animal that bites, especially habitually or viciously: That dog is a biter.

Chiefly Chesapeake Bay. the larger claw of a crab.

Obsolete. a cheat; swindler; fraud.

Nearby words

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at bite, -er¹

This is equivalent to the cry of "Biters" when an apple is shown, and establishes unquestionable title.
Penrod|Booth Tarkington
Every day produces something new in the world: jests turn into earnest, and the biters are bit.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote|Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
She gathered together her building timber: 'biters of straw' sheltered her, and 'drink's echoing cavern' was above her.
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw
The biters were out, running hither and thither after their manner, and filling the air with hideous cries.
The Log School-House on the Columbia|Hezekiah Butterworth

There a duck was sitting on her eggs between the jaws of an ox, which you call 'biters of straw.'
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw