Definition

• Bite. The minute amount of metal removed by one stroke of an engraving tool, or the amount of metal dissolved by acid during a single immersion in a mordant solution by acid etching. An unwanted removal of metal is called a foul bite. See acid etching, engraving.
  CLASS 04.1
   
  0715-(007)09.1
   

Source

• D. Wayne Johnson Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

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