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Weather-bit

Wēath’er-bīt, n.

noun

n. (Naut.) A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.

Wēath'er-bīt, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten.