Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Unbit

Un-bit′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Unbitted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Unbitting
.]
[1st pref.
un-
+
bit
.]
(Naut.)
To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits;
as, to
unbit
a cable
.
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unbit

UNBIT'

,
Adj.
Not bitten.

Definition 2024


unbit

unbit

English

Alternative forms

Verb

unbit (third-person singular simple present unbits, present participle unbitting, simple past and past participle unbitted)

  1. (nautical, transitive) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Totten to this entry?)