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Webster 1913 Edition

Weather-bit

Weath′er-bitˊ

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Noun.

(Naut.)

A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

Webster 1828 Edition

Weather-bit

WEATHER-BIT

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Noun.

A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the knight-heads.