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bitt
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bitt has 1 sense
- bitt(n = noun.artifact) bollard - a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" has parts: bitthead
is a part of dock, pier, wharf, wharfage
is a kind of post
has particulars: riding bitt
Derived form verb bitt1
Verb bitt has 1 sense
- bitt(v = verb.contact) Array - secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line" is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Derived form noun bitt1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
bitt, n.
See Bitts. [1913 Webster]
bitt, v. t. [See Bitts.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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