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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep..
What curre will not bawle, & be ready to flye on a mans face, when he is set on by his master, who, if hee bee not by to encourage him, he casts his taile betwixt his legges, & steales away like a sheepe byter.
His gait, like a sheep-biter, fleering aside
A poor man has but one ewe, and this grandee sheep-biter leaves whole flocks of fat wethers, whom he may knock down, to deuour this.
Wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly, / rascally sheep-biter come by some notable / shame?
There are Political Sheep-biters as well as Pastoral; Betrayers of Publick Trusts as well as of Private; And Humane Curs that are as Wolvish as the Other.
Use sheep-biter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sheep-biter means (obsolete) A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep..
Common synonyms include git and Thesaurus:thief.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
What curre will not bawle, & be ready to flye on a mans face, when he is set on by his master, who, if hee bee not by to encourage him, he casts his taile betwixt his legges, & steales away like a sheepe byter.
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