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Bitt   Listen
verb
Bitt  v. t.  (Naut.) To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.





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"Bitt" Quotes from Famous Books



... duck. My closed fist brought up with a crash on the top of his big bullet head; for he was slow and groggy, and didn't duck low enough. However, it didn't hurt him, while the effect upon me was to break every small bone in my hand. It was like slugging a windlass bitt; for he leaned partly forward, and hardly budged ...
— The Grain Ship • Morgan Robertson


Words linked to "Bitt" :   bitt pin, pier, wharfage, riding bitt, dock, bitthead, secure, ship, wharf, fix, bollard


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