A she dog, or doggess; the most offensive appellation that can be given to an English woman, even more provoking than that of whore, as may he gathered from the regular Billinsgate or St. Giles's answer--"I may be a whore, but can't be a bitch."
·noun An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman. II. Bitch ·noun The female of the c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To yield, or give up an attempt through fear. To stand bitch; to make tea, or do the honours of the ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A country wench. Military term. ...
An odd, out-of-the-way fellow. ...
a greyhound bitch. York. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
An excellent contrivance by which the topsail-sheet-block is prevented making the half cant or turn ...
The Sailor's Word-Book