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flea bitten

Bitten by a flea as a flea bitten face...

hard bitten

not given to sentimentality or gentleness of people as a hard bitten character...

Fly bitten

Marked by or as if by the bite of flies...

Frost bitten

Nipped withered or injured by frost or freezing...

Frosted

Covered with hoarfrost or anything resembling hoarfrost ornamented with frosting also frost bitten as a frosted cake frosted donuts...

Premorse

Terminated abruptly or as it bitten off...

Dog. Draught.--The (English) Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 9, and the (English) Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, s. 8, prohibit, under a penalty, the use of any dog in England or Scotland for the purpose of draught.Licenses.--Dog licenses are regulated by the (English) Dog Licenses Act, 1867 (30 Vict. c. 5), as amended by 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14, s. 38, 41 Vict. C. 15, ss. 17-23, and 42 & 43 Vict. c. 21, s. 26. They commence on the day of grant, and terminate on the 31st of December following; but procuring a license on the day of a conviction will not avoid the penalty up to 5l. under s. 8 of the Act of 1867, Campbell v. Strangways, (1877) 3 CPD 105. The present duty is 7s. 6d., to which it was raised from 5s. by the (English) Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 15), and this s. is amended by s. 5 of the (English) Dogs Act, 1906. See Johnson v. Wilson, (1909) 2 KB 497. No duty is payable for dogs under six months old (Act of 1867, s. 10), or hound whelp...

Rabies

Rabies, madness. As to destruction of mad dogs in the metropolis by magistrate's order, see (English) Traffic Regulations (London) Act (30 & 31 Vict. c. 134, s. 8). Under 2 & 3 Vict. c. 47, s. 61, the metropolitan police may destroy any dog or animal reasonably suspected to be in a rabid state or to have been bitten by a dog or animal in a rabid state. As to muzzling orders, see Acts referred to under tit. ANIMAL (Diseases)....

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