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Webster 1913 Edition


Bitt

Bitt

,
Noun.
(Naut.)
See
Bitts
.

Bitt

,
Verb.
T.
[See
Bitts
.]
(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
.
Totten.