ppl. a. [f. as prec. + BITTEN.]
1. Bitten by flies; loosely used for: † a. Fly-specked; † b. FLY-BLOWN; c. Stung by flies.
1597. Shaks., 2 Hen. IV., II. i. 159. For thy walls a pretty slight Drollery, or the Story of the Prodigal, or the Germane hunting in Water-work, is worth a thousand of these Bed-hangings, and these Fly-bitten Tapistries.
1598. Florio, Alida … flie-bitten meate.
1884. A. Gregory, in Fortn. Rev., March, 378. Their [Baggara Arabs’] wealth consists of herds of lean fly-bitten cattle.
† 2. = FLEA-BITTEN 2. Obs.
1639. T. de Gray, Compl. Horseman, 22.
