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Noun

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bitt (plural bitts)

  1. (nautical) The bitts.
  2. (nautical) A bollard.

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bitt (third-person singular simple present bitts, present participle bitting, simple past and past participle bitted)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To put round the bitts.
    to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away

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German

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Verb

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bitt

  1. singular imperative of bitten

Luxembourgish

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Verb

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bitt

  1. inflection of bidden:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular/plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse bit.

Noun

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bitt n (definite singular bittet, indefinite plural bitt, definite plural bitta or bittene)

  1. bite (act of biting)
  2. bite (wound left behind after being bitten)
  3. occlusion (the alignment of the teeth when upper and lower jaws are brought together)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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bitt

  1. past participle of bite

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Old English

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Verb

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bītt

  1. third-person singular present indicative of bītan