Meanings
nounbiteshipe (plural biteshipes)
plural biteshipes
- alternativederogatoryobsoleteAlternative spelling of bitesheep.
1 more example
One Tippet a younge man sumtyme student of Doway was apprehended here in this cytye and brought before the biteshipe of London and Mʳ Recorder, where he was straytly examined in matters of consciens; to the wᶜʰ directly he awnswered as a good Christian Catholike, and through Gods grace cowlde not bee perverted.
1578 December 15, A. Dolm, [A Letter]; republished in “Diarium Secundum”, in The First and Second Diaries of the English College, Douay, London: David Nutt, 1878, Februarius 1579, page 149
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“biteshipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biteshipe. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biteshipe,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biteshipe.
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