English Dictionary

sheep-biter

名詞

廃用 軽蔑的 比喩的用法

(obsolete) A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep. / (obsolete, figuratively, derogatory) A contemptible person, expecially one who practices petty thefts.

日本語の意味

（旧式）羊を追い回す、または襲う牧羊犬。 / （旧式、比喩的、軽蔑的）卑劣な人、特に小規模な窃盗を行う者。

The old farmhand called the mangy sheep-biter back before it could alarm the flock.

年老いた農場の手伝いが、群れを慌てさせる前に、みすぼらしい羊を追い回したり噛んだりする牧羊犬を呼び戻した。

意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

(obsolete, figuratively, derogatory) A contemptible person, expecially one who practices petty thefts.

His gait, like a sheep-biter, fleering aside

sheep-biters （ plural ）