n A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal.
n A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to make holes.
n (US) An eighth of a dollar. Note that there is no coin minted worth 12.5 cents. (When this term first came into use, the Spanish 8 reales coin was widely used as a dollar equivalent, and thus the 1 real coin was equivalent to 12.5 cents.)
n (context|dated|British) A coin of a specified value. (Also used for a nine-pence coin in the British Caribbean.)
n A small amount of something.
n Specifically, a small amount of time.
n (rfquote-sense) A portion of something.
n (slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
n An excerpt of material from a composition or show.
a To a small extent; in a small amount (usually with "a").
v (simple past of|bite)
v (US|informal)(UK|archaic)(past participle of|bite)