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Bitting
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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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.
EXPANDthe cutting part of an ax or hatchet.
6.
COLLAPSEthe wide portion at the end of an ordinary key that moves the bolt.
verb (used with object)
Idiom7.
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).
10.
take the bit in/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:
before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; cognate with German Biss, Old Norse bit. See bite
before 900; Middle English bite, Old English: action of biting; cognate with German Biss, Old Norse bit. See bite
Related forms
bit·less, adjective
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:
Middle English, perhaps < Dutch or Low German; compare Dutch, Low German beting, in same sense, akin to Middle High German bizze wooden peg, Old Norse biti crossbeam
Middle English, perhaps < Dutch or Low German; compare Dutch, Low German beting, in same sense, akin to Middle High German bizze wooden peg, Old Norse biti crossbeam
verb
simple past tense and a past participle of bite.
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Science Dictionary
bit  (bĭt) Pronunciation Key
The smallest unit of computer memory. A bit holds one of two possible values, either of the binary digits 0 or 1. The term comes from the phrase binary digit. See Note at byte. |
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Cultural Dictionary
bit definition
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.
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bit definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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