subs. phr. (old).—An artificial sore, as from a horse’s bite or kick. The FOX’S BITE of schoolboys. Also the SCALDRUM DODGE, or MAUND (q.v.). MAUND = a cadger’s sale-basket. Cf., MASONS’ MAUND.
c. 1696. B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. An artificial sore made with unslacked lime, soap, and the rust of old iron, on the back of a beggar’s hand, as if hurt by the bite or kick of a horse.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
