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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

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.

Adj.

Not bitten.

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

(nautical, transitive) To remove the turns of (a rope or cable) from the bits.
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