Joseph mumbled indistinctly inside the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his grasp dived down to him, leaving me VIS-A-VIS the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared along with her a jealous guardianship over all my actions.plural bitches Britannica Dictionary definition of BITCH 1  [count] : a