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bit

1  [bit] noun, verb, bit⋅ted, bit⋅ting.
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–noun
1. Machinery.
a. a removable drilling or boring tool for use in a brace, drill press, or the like.
b. a removable boring head used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.
c. a device for drilling oil wells or the like, consisting of a horizontally rotating blade or an assembly of rotating toothed wheels.
2. the mouthpiece of a bridle, having fittings at each end to which the reins are fastened.
3. anything that curbs or restrains.
4. the blade or iron of a carpenter's plane.
5. the cutting part of an ax or hatchet.
6. the wide portion at the end of an ordinary key that moves the bolt.
–verb (used with object)
7. to put a bit in the mouth of (a horse).
8. to curb or restrain with, or as with, a bit.
9. to grind a bit on (a key).
—Idiom
10. take the bit in or between one's teeth, to cast off control; willfully go one's own way: He took the bit in his teeth and acted against his parents' wishes.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bite, OE: action of biting; c. G Biss, ON bit. See bite

Related forms:
bitless, adjective
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bitt

  [bit] Nautical
–noun
1. Also called bollard. a strong post of wood or iron projecting, usually in pairs, above the deck of a ship, used for securing cables, lines for towing, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to wrap (a cable) around a bitt to secure it.
Origin:
ME, perh. < D or LG; cf. D, LG beting, in same sense, akin to MHG bizze wooden peg, ON biti crossbeam

bit

4  [bit]
–verb
pt. and a pp. of bite.
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bit 2   (bĭt)   
n.  

  1. The sharp part of a tool, such as the cutting edge of a knife or ax.

  2. A pointed and threaded tool for drilling and boring that is secured in a brace, bitstock, or drill press.

  3. The part of a key that enters the lock and engages the bolt and tumblers.

  4. The tip of the mouthpiece on a pipe or a cigarette or cigar holder.

  5. The metal mouthpiece of a bridle, serving to control, curb, and direct an animal.

  6. Something that controls, guides, or curbs.

tr.v.   bit·ted, bit·ting, bits

  1. To place a bit in the mouth of (a horse, for example).

  2. To check or control with or as if with a bit.

  3. To make or grind a bit on (a key).


[Middle English bite, from Old English, act of biting; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]
bitt   (bĭt)   
n.  A vertical post, usually one of a pair, set on the deck of a ship and used to secure ropes or cables.
tr.v.   bitt·ed, bitt·ing, bitts
To wind (a cable) around a bitt.

[Perhaps of Dutch or Low German origin; akin to Old Norse biti, crossbeam.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

bit

The smallest unit of information. One bit corresponds to a “yes” or “no.” Some examples of a bit of information: whether a light is on or off, whether a switch (like a transistor) is on or off, whether a grain of magnetized iron points up or down.

Note: The information in a digital computer is stored in the form of bits.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Slang Dictionary
bit

  1. n.
    a jail sentence. (Underworld.) : Mooshoo did a two-year bit in Sing Sing.
  2. n.
    a small theatrical part. (From bit part.) : It was just a bit, but I needed the money.
  3. n.
    any part of an act; any isolated activity or presentation. : I didn't like that bit concerning penalties.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bit  (1)
related O.E. words bite "act of biting," and bita "piece bitten off," are probably the source of the modern words meaning "boring-piece of a drill" (1594), "mouthpiece of a horse's bridle" (c.1340), and "a piece bitten off, morsel" (c.1000). All from P.Gmc. *biton, from PIE base *bheid- "to split" (see fissure). Meaning "small piece, fragment" is from 1606. Theatrical bit part is from 1926. Money sense in two bits, six bits, etc. is originally from Southern U.S. and West Indies, in ref. to silver wedges cut or stamped from Sp. dollars (later Mexican reals); transferred to "eighth of a dollar."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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