| 单词 | bitt |
| 例句 | A bunch of white men chased us up the street and surrounded Dennis and tried to kill him, throwing bottles and bitting and kicking him until one of them made the rest of them stop. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He had rigged his harpoon long before and its coil of light rope was in a round basket and the end was made fast to the bitt in the bow. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took two turns of the harpoon line around the bitt in the bow and laid his head on his hands. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The collection of facts under each story is called a ‘bitt.’ ‘Wikipedia for News’ Becomes Open to the Public Mount a horse without a saddle, but properly bitted, and then decide which is the more natural and easier seat; in one case you feel an appendage; in the other almost part of the horse. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z A special kind of skill is, however, needed in breaking, training, bitting and schooling horses for a game like polo, or for the evolutions of what is known as the haute �cole. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z The tumult ceased, the colt submitted, And, like his ancestors, was bitted. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z The importance of each bitt is also voted on in this way. ‘Wikipedia for News’ Becomes Open to the Public Hard′-billed, having a hard bill or beak—of birds; Hard′-bitt′en, given to hard biting, tough in fight; Hard′-cured, cured thoroughly, as fish, by drying in the sun.—n. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He scampers about in this way for about a year: then he is 'taken up;' that is, bitted, and backed by a 'dumb-jockey'—a cross of wood made for the purpose. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z He withdrew, closing the slide, and went forward with Carroll to shorten in the cable; but when they stopped beside the bitts his companion broke into a soft laugh. The Protector 2011-12-14T03:00:17.460Z After being tormented until perfectly wild, and their strength almost quite expended with kicking and plunging, they were forcibly bitted and bridled. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z Arrived at the picket ropes, their horses were promptly bitted and saddled. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z Bitter end, that part of a cable which is abaft the bitts, and so within board, when the ship rides at anchor. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z Men hastily fastened heavier ropes to the barge, and took several turns about strong bitts, so the ship could not again drift into danger. Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z Lord Howard's horse was worse bitted than those of the two former noblemen, but not so much so as to derange the ceremony of retiring back out of the Hall. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z It was nice to dominate after the last two nail bitting games. Sounders FC's offense erupts in 6-2 win over Columbus 2011-08-27T22:26:29Z He was made fast to the fluke-chain bitt, and the cutting in began forthwith.... The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z A little shadow passes over my mind as I think of the analogy to bitting a horse. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Every few fathoms, when the chain had worked its way right across the barrel, and the turns were beginning to jam one another up against the bitt, Jem called out, "Fleet, oh!" The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z As for the mare, she was saddled and bitted in the time it took him to cinch Sunset up. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Quartermaster Renwick did not like to hear all this, and overcome by a sudden impulse, he stepped out from behind the bitts. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z It is the property of “the heathen schools”; a bitted and bridled virtue, led by the nose and tied by the neck; made of men’s hands and subject to men’s laws. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The other end was on board the sloop and made fast to the bitts. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z Then a couple of men descended from Mount Misery and hooked a mighty iron claw, which was secured by a stout chain to the bitt, on to the cable before the windlass. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z I told you not to mount that animal unless well bridled and bitted. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z There is a legend of my childhood that records that a man once said, "It is bitt——" and then went to sleep for a thousand years, and when he woke up he said, "—erly cold." A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z His reckless impulses and desires were bitted and diverted into accomplishment. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z The hawser had but just been loosened from the bitt when the drag of the waters began. A Runaway Brig; or, An Accidental Cruise 2011-01-02T03:00:16.390Z It came inboard to the bucking clatter of a winch, and was made fast to the towing bitts. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Bite is a turn of a cable, and the bitter end is that part of the cable which is wound round the bitt. Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources Hard-mouthed horses, when accompanied with great spirit, are objectionable, as they require peculiar bitting and the utmost vigilance. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. His poor, underfed horse, in reaching for the grass near his bitted mouth, had drawn the reins beneath his hoofs and was about to break them. The Cottage of Delight A Novel Always he had seemed to be aware, in her, of hidden forces—of something fresh and charmingly impetuous held in leash—of controlled impulses, restless, uneasy, bitted, curbed, and reined in. The Moonlit Way Ah, a tender mouth was bitted and bridled at last! the reins were in the hands of the public, and it would drive me—where? Life on the Stage This was the job I went on when I said I saw the cowboy crumpled up against a bitt, but still full of fight. Sea-Hounds They came dancing on the bitt, and even I could see that they weren't made for use; legs that never pulled a wagon, and backs that couldn't weight. The Garden of Eden The mujik of every class seems indeed to be born ready bitted, for the use of anyone who has a hand steady enough to hold the reins. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. “Rouse and bitt, my lad,” said the old seaman, laughing. The Ruined Cities of Zululand “Well, have you bitted the poor fellow within,” said Mason, “that he can take his last ride under the curb of divinity, old gentleman?” The Spy Condensed for use in schools He appeared to have had the worst of the exchange, for when I looked again he was sitting, with one leg crumpled crookedly under him, propped up against a bitt. Sea-Hounds Rob seized a rope and cast off from the stern bitts, while the sailor performed the same operation at the bow. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam I skimmed around for the watchman, a-wondering whereabouts he slept; and by and by I found him roosting on the bitts forward, with his head down between his knees. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade When in the kennel he ought to be occasionally thus bitted, that he may not fret when he is first hunted with it. The Dog He untied the vinta line from the anchor rope and temporarily hitched it to a bitt while he hauled in the anchor. The Pirates of Shan The cowboy was still snuggled up against the bitt, which he used to rest his right elbow on in the occasional shots he was lobbing over at the now distantly circling enemy. Sea-Hounds So the devil takes off his coat and rubs his hands together, and gets away forrard by the bitts, and stands by. Devil Stories An Anthology They are vicious brutes as ever were bitted, and it makes my blood run cold sometimes to see their devilish antics when Mrs. Gerome insists on driving them. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part Talbot and I liked to sleep on the deck; and generally camped down up near the bitts. Gold I paid out some sheet from the bitt by the wheel-box, unbuttoned the after stays’l tack, jumped forward and loosed up halyards till her kites dropped limp. The Seiners Ellinwood got out two stout lines and made one fast around Code’s waist, leading it to the starboard bitt. The Harbor of Doubt Then come the lads: in equal ranks before their fathers' eyes They shine upon their bitted steeds, and wondering murmurs rise From men of Troy and Sicily as on their ways they fare. The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse The bitts, B, fore and aft, are made of Spanish cedar, running through the deck to the hull. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly A great noise went up from the raft as the Hankow nosed in alongside, and the new towline was passed and made fast over the bitts. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China Mr. Duncan, who had come aboard just before we left the dock, was trying to sit on the weather bitt near the wheel-box. The Seiners The other fastened Jimmie to the port bitt, so that if they were washed overboard they might be hauled back to safety and life again. The Harbor of Doubt Many horses have been killed by falling backward with the bitting on; their heads being drawn up strike the ground with the whole weight of the body. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid Plate III. shows deck finished, planking, top of cabin, bitts, etc. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly From there they crawled forward over the raised deck, slipping the line, at last, between the two raised ends of the towing bitt. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise The life line was trailing from his waist to the bitt––the clear white sea was up to his middle and racing over the taffrail. The Seiners Then it was led along outside the shrouds and fastened to the bitts astern and then to the mizzen-mast. By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The old Hindoo dreamed that he saw the human race led out to its varied fortune, and first he saw a man bitted and curbed, and the reins went back to an iron hand. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I I soon had my steed bitted and bridled; and, leading the animal outside, I sprang into the saddle, and rode off. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West But now young Halstead soon had a stout hitch about the towing bitt at the bow. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise The tumult ceas'd, the colt submitted, And, like his ancestors, was bitted. The Children's Garland from the Best Poets “The officer who brought us down has given us permission to sleep on deck near the bitts.” By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson The bowsprit is on the starboard side, for this allows you to use the light hand with the chain cable in the bitts. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" We must have dropped three thousand feet before a sudden calmness came over me and I found this aerial monster as gentle to manage as a perfectly bitted horse. Night Bombing with the Bedouins If the bitting and saddling are right, a touch with the whip given behind the girth will generally prove effective. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The Nestor spoke—the colt submitted— And, like his ancestry, was bitted. Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered) It was like slugging a windlass bitt; for he leaned partly forward, and hardly budged under the blow. The Grain Ship The anchors were on deck, one at each side of the bitts, and fitting securely within the gunwale. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" He had thought and read to some purpose, for he ruled the lay brothers with diligence, and instructed the monks with great care, stirring up the sluggish and bitting the heady into restfulness. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England As regards the bitting of a puller, I would advise that with a double bridle the curb should be put low down in the mouth.... The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Two turns of the cable round the bitts instead of one. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The hawser around the bitt interested him; and the glimpse he had of the sparkling river slipping toward him from the yellow hills up stream. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The actual menace of the "bitting and bridling the horses of St. Mark" is assigned by other historians to Francesco Carrara. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 Even this miserable pasture was scarce attainable, on account of the bitts which the animals still had in their mouths, and which were heard constantly clanking between their teeth. The Tiger Hunter Besides, riding men usually know more about the bitting and handling of horses than women, and are therefore better able to impart instruction in this branch of equitation. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. To remove the turns of a cable from off the bitts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Miss Proctor perched on the bitts, while the men stood or leaned near at hand. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The end of the fast had been passed around a pine-tree, and made fast at the bitts, so that we could unmoor without going on shore. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi Here, you Joe, rouse and bitt, man; here’s the skipper come to life again. A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Saxe, what man of yours is that who is bitting Grey Roland? The Justice of the King That part of the cable which is abaft the bitts, and therefore within board when the ship rides at anchor. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The angry man followed him as far as the bowsprit bitts, but prudence forbade his going any farther. Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise The old man was pale and silent, and Ben Butler felt the lines telegraphing nervous messages to his bitted mouth; but all he heard was: “Shiloh—Cap'n Tom—Steady, old hoss!” The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills Look at that outlaw down there by the bitts. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea It was impossible; so giving his orders stoutly and sharply, the horses were bitted and the girths tightened. Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story Used to prevent the cable from slipping off the cross-piece of the bitts, also to confine the cable and messenger there, in heaving in the cable. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Regardless of the animal’s needs, he leaves all its caparison on, even to the bitt between its teeth. The Death Shot A Story Retold He took a turn of his falls around the bitt, and, always with one eye peeping sidewise into the shadows, reached for his coat. Sonnie-Boy's People The Rathliner sat on a mooring bitt on the quay and filled his pipe. The Wind Bloweth Her for'ard bitts, foremast, and most of her bow were gone, having been jerked out of her by her anchors. A Son Of The Sun To put it round the bitts, in order to fasten it, or slacken it out gradually, which last is called veering away. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "He rides the biggest whirlwind—he has got it saddled and bitted." The Outcry I've bitted the team on purpose for you, Miss Kate," he exclaimed, with one of his usual oaths, "and now you throw me over at the last moment. Kate Coventry An Autobiography I had quitted the gangway, where there was no hold, and had repaired to the main bitts, behind the stump of the main-mast. Percival Keene All at once, the sailor having examined the bitts to which the cable of the anchor was secured— “Hallo,” he cried, “this is queer!” The Secret of the Island Any turn of a cable about the bitts is called a bitter. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The Colt submitted; And, like his ancestors, was bitted. Favourite Fables in Prose and Verse Tom made another rush at the obstinate animal, which cantered off again, working considerably harder than it would if it had submitted patiently to being bitted. Dick o' the Fens A Tale of the Great East Swamp “She cannot stand this long, Bob,” said I, as we clung to the bitts. Percival Keene But, like a bitted horse, man does not realize his strength until he has once run away with himself. Pushing to the Front Since the introduction of chain-cables, bitts are coated with iron, and vary in their shapes. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. While I was noticing these details, Tim was scrambling forwards towards the windlass bitts, mounting thence on to the forecastle, where Mr Saunders and Matthews, with the other middies, were assembled. Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea The others then set to work vigorously, rousing up the end of a spare hawser, which had been coiled round the mainmast bitts, and securing it round the foremast head. The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea They are fast bound now, though, lashed head and feet to the mainmast bitts; and it will puzzle them to wriggle themselves loose from old Masters’ double hitches, I know. The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea George! rouse and bitt, my lad; tumble out! The Log of a Privateersman The old bitt-stopper, by its running loop on a standing end, bound the cable down in a bight abaft the bitts—the tail twisted round the fore part helped to draw it still closer. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. “Haul in, and throw the eye of the hawser over your windlass bitts,” ordered Mildmay; “we will soon have you clear of your present pickle.” The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure “I tell you what, you shall slush that mast down from the main-truck to the bitts; and look sharp about it, too, or I’ll make you!” The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea The agent employed by the old masters was force—severe bitting, hard whipping, and deep spurring. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 It is true, he was on the whole rather an innocent monster; and between bitting and bridling, coaxing and humouring, might have been made to pad on well enough. St. Ronan's Well The bitts which support the ends or spindles of the windlass, whence they are also called windlass-bitts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. But Dickie’s heart it grew so great That never a bitt of it he dought to eat; But Dickie was warr of ane auld peat-house, Where there al the night he thought for to sleep. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series So he was to be bitted and bridled, it seemed, in the future. Marriage à la mode I was the horse, bitted and bridled, and driven by my sister Anna, while Lizzie played dog and barked as loud as her gentle voice permitted. Ten American Girls From History A single turn of cable is often taken round the bitts when anchoring in deep water. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Also abaft the windlass or bitts to prevent more cable from running out. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Thus saying, he walked to the corner, and brought out his rifle, a short heavy double barrel, with two grooves only, carrying a bitted ball of twelve to the pound, quite plain but exquisitely finished. Warwick Woodlands Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago And England, or the section of it bitted and bridled by The Times, went the way it was driven. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle Ah, a tender mouth was bitted and bridled at last! Ten American Girls From History I have not seen a dozen coachmen, private or public, to whom my youngest child could not have given invaluable suggestions as to the bitting, harnessing, and handling of his cattle. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Any rope, hawser, or cable is "rendered" by easing it round the bitts, particularly in riding with a strain to freshen the nip. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Tishy was bitting off a loose end of thread, which gave her a determined and ferocious expression, but whether she could have seen anything or not the widow felt uncertain. Strangers at Lisconnel I say there, Mr. Jepson," ordered the commander, "will you go forward, and see how the bitts are standing up under the strain of that hawser? The Moving Picture Girls at Sea or, A Pictured Shipwreck That Became Real The hawser by which she was to be towed to sea was made fast to the bowsprit bitts, and led to the stern of the steamer, where it was doubtless properly secured. A Victorious Union They were still seated on the stern bitts as the Maggie came abreast the Point Montara fog signal station, when Mr. Gibney observed a long telescope poking out the side window of the pilot house. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Also, a piece of twine on a running rope, as a brace, &c., to show when, by being near the belaying pin or the bitts, it has been sufficiently hauled in. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The boatswain piped three shrill pipes, and "All hands up anchor" was thrice repeated forward, followed by private admonitions, "Rouse and bitt!" Great Sea Stories "Will there be room in it for all the bitts, too?" Genesis For these Sangley boats are flat bottomed, and the mast is very high; accordingly, all the strength lies in the rudder by which they are directed—better than the best bitted horse is governed. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 24 of 55 1630-34 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "I can put the skiff out, get the bark's line, haul it back, an' make it fast on the bitts you two skunks has been occupyin' instead of a prison cell." Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates They were frequently called the bitts, and then their upper parts only were denominated the knight-heads, from having been embellished with a carved head. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The horses have been hard bitted; their high huffs and heads drawed dretful hard at the bit held in her weak grasp, and she has been kicked a good deal by their sharp huffs. Samantha at the World's Fair "Slack off that spring," he roared suddenly, as they began to let the ship down to the sea level; and the mate jumped for the coil on the bitts. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories By this time the workmen in the small boat had made fast a towing hawser between the bow of the old scow and the stern towing bitts of the "Hastings." The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise The Young Kings of the Deep As she hauled away from the wharf, Messrs. Gibney and McGuffey might have been observed seated on the stern bitts smoking, the picture of contentment. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Also, a name formerly given to the lower jear-blocks, which were then no other than bitts, containing several sheaves, and nearly resembling our present topsail-sheet bitts. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. On its way it struck the fore-brace bitts—a heavy block of timber—carrying thence a shower of splinters, one of which bruised Hardy's foot. The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain This they hurried to the stern bitts, taking a pass also around the steam winch. Dan Merrithew A man leaned on the towing bitts aft, smoking a pipe, gazing at the yawl. Burned Bridges Mr. Gibney judged it would be safe now to fasten this line to the towing bitts. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates So bitted as to enable the cable to be nipped or rendered with ease. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. She bore down upon her consort, sidled alongside and made fast with lines to the bitts fore and aft. Poor Man's Rock Dan knew in an instant that they had lashed the line to the stern bitts and had taken the desperate chance, the only chance, of making the tug pull her lifeboat from danger. Dan Merrithew The junk had no bitts, but to supply their place the strong beams across the deck had large holes for stoppers. Under the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War The Squarehead stationed himself at the bitts with a lantern and Mr. Gibney hastened to the pilot house and took his place at the wheel. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates A small silver coin of the West Indies, six of which make a bitt. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The outer end is buoyed to a float which carries a flag and a lantern; the inner is fast to the bitts of the launch. Poor Man's Rock A hundred yards she went and then stopped headway with a jerk as the men slipped the cables over the bitts. Dan Merrithew In the eighteenth century we find parents becoming more humane, though still keeping their offspring pretty stiffly bitted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 The grog slops over the fiddles With the violins of the gale: Two bitts are on the quarterdeck, The seamen grouse and quail. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned To hoist the anchor from where it had been stowed when we lost sight of Tory island and bitt it to the chain was tedious work but it was begun. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 At her stern, fast by light lines to her after bitts, clung half a dozen fish boats, blue wisps of smoke drifting from the galley stovepipes, the fishermen variously occupied. Poor Man's Rock Half a mile farther on Warpington Towers, the gorgeous residence of the Pratts, bursts into view, with flag on turret flying, and two tightly bitted rustic bridges leaping high over the Drone. Red Pottage If you put the bitting on very tight the first time, he cannot raise his head enough to loosen it, but will bear on it all the time, and paw, sweat and throw himself. The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses Thus, where'er the drift of hazard Seems most unrestrained to flow, Chance herself is reined and bitted, And the curb of law doth know. The Consolation of Philosophy Still no suspicion of the truth reached me that since I came to live with him my uncle had been bitting and breaking his tongue. The Light in the Clearing Why does he neither, in military accouterments, appear mounted among his equals; nor manage the Gallic steed with bitted reins? The Works of Horace But may it not be gently bitted, discreetly bridled, and taught to trot or amble with park-hack paces in the harness of Respectability? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 Many horses have been killed by falling backward with the bitting on, their heads being drawn up, strike the ground with the whole weight of the body. The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses When he seemed to have settled the matter to his satisfaction, he seated himself on the other towing bitt. Wide Courses At three a pilot came on board, when they were about two leagues west from Portland; the cables were ranged and bitted, and the jib-boom got out. Thrilling Stories Of The Ocean From Authentic Accounts Of Modern Voyagers And Travellers; Designed For The Entertainment And Instruction Of Young People He champs the bitt, and throws the foam around, Impatient paws, and tears the solid ground. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant The only way it could be managed at all was with a rough curb- bitted bridle, and even then each rein had to be drawn hard. Fifteen Years in Hell In Oklahoma when a man refuses to open his trunk for a game warden, the warden joyously gets out his brace and bitt, and bores an inch hole into the lower story of the trunk. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation When Kieran came on deck again the third officer had gone forward, but the passenger was still on one of the towing bitts and still smoking. Wide Courses Come, Mr Bottlegreen," he bawled out, alluding, I suppose, to the colour of my clothes, "rouse and bitt. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 You can let a few men go and rivet irons on the convict by the windlass bitts. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" Plague of your chops, you ha' more handsome bitts, Than a hundred honester men, and more deserving. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country The chief articles manufactured in this town and its vicinity are bridle bitts, stirrups, spurs and other articles either used or sold by the saddlers. A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington He sighed and came suddenly out of his reverie, looked up at the sky, turned wearily inboard, and sat himself on one of the towing bitts. Wide Courses On the tops of these springs the usual covering of canvass is laid, and then a thin layer of horsehair or wool, upon which the outer covering is bitted. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827 In another moment I had passed a line around the desperado, and was dragging him under the lee of the windlass, where I finally made him fast to the bitts. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" Abdul Ali's parasites were dressed for their part in rose-coloured silk and mounted on beautiful white Arab horses so severely bitted that they could not help but prance. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace No means he had, by timely check, The gallop to remit, For firm and last, between his teeth, The biter held the bitt. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 The passenger, from the other towing bitt, asked what it was. Wide Courses The Panther lay between the scows, with lines from each passed over her towing bitts. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Joe leaned over the side, grasped the trailing painter, and made it fast to the bitt. The Cruise of the Dazzler There was no withstanding Daylight when he vaulted on the back of life, and rode it bitted and spurred. Burning Daylight Well what makes you so sure about it sneered the other bitting his lip so savageley that the blood ran. Penrod He was there, back to, bending the thick stubborn bight about the towing bitts with slow, heavy motions. Wide Courses They laid them down by bitt and boat, their pistols in their belts, And: "Will you fight for it, Reuben Paine, or will you share the pelts?" Verses 1889-1896 Then he cast off from the forward bitts. The Cruise of the Dazzler I was a man, a god, and the very elements rendered me allegiance as I bitted them to my will. John Barleycorn It seemed as though he were bitted and ridden; as if some unseen hand were turning him toward the east; some unseen heel spurring him to precipitate and instant flight. McTeague She was jumping so that to hold his feet on her open, icy deck aft, he was compelled to hook one hand to the towing bitts. Wide Courses And it's time to clear and quit When the hawser grips the bitt, So we'll pay you with the foresheet and a promise from the sea! Verses 1889-1896 "Keep one turn round the bitt, and heave in on it when the painter slacks." The Cruise of the Dazzler A Frenchman is born in harness, ready saddled, bitted, and bridled, for any tyrant to ride. Nightmare Abbey The latter were quietly eating, with saddles on their backs and bridles thrown on their necks, ready to be bitted and mounted at the shortest warning. The Spy The big hawser strained and groaned, chocks and bitts crooned their song of stress, the wind whistled its dirge, while out from the breakers the Whist hauled her tow. Wide Courses Paul Blunt spoke hurriedly, and, giving the other the handspike, he ran down to the bitts, and commenced loosening the chains from their fastenings. Homeward Bound or, the Chase I bethought me of the main-mast, and managed to get forward as far as the bitts, in order to be out of its way. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast He withdrew, closing the slide, and went forward with Carroll to shorten in the cable; but when they stopped beside the bitts his companion broke into a laugh. Vane of the Timberlands "Well, have you bitted the poor fellow within," said Mason, "that he can take his last ride under the curb of divinity, old gentleman?" The Spy Hercules and Actæon, clinging to the bitt, kept watch at the bow. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain Accordingly a large chest was roused up from below, and placed athwart-ships on the forecastle, between the bowsprit bitts and the cathead. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale At this ominous sight, I instinctively seized the bitts for protection. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Another filly was roped, bitted, bridled, and saddled, and her captors invited me to mount. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "By your leave, sir, it's about time for you to rouse and bitt." The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Perhaps 'twill bring you to England: but I would be very cautious, above all, very gentle, for the bitt will instantly make his high spirit restive. The Virginians They are only safe when they are curbed and bitted, and held well in. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Finding it possible to move, I now ran forward, and succeeded in stopping the wreck into the rigging and bitts. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Then, timidly, urged by their comrades' jeers, the two wranglers whom I invited brought me a saddle and bridle and I bitted him and held him while they saddled. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "I ought to have remembered; it is shameful to drive a horse improperly bitted." The Fighting Chance Why, what's a Prince, if his imperial will Be bitted by a priest! Count Alarcos; a Tragedy I generally have my horses so bitted that they can't very well object. The Eustace Diamonds One hand was on the bitts, and a foot was on the ladder, when a flash of lightning almost blinded me. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast Man first his suppliant bitted; Then, on his back well seated, Gave chase with spear, and rested not Till to the ground the foe he brought. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes After a moment, with a shock of surprise, I made out a shining pair of bead-points gazing at me unblinkingly from the shadow under the bitts. The Mystery "I would prefer horseback, if I had a horse as well bitted, and, probably, as well broken to the exercise, as yours," said the young Lord, addressing his antagonist. Old Mortality, Volume 1. I have not eaten a bitt all that day, and for the great joy I had conceaved, caused me to have a good stomach, so that I did eat lustily. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson A Utopian tram-car passes and I see his face, poor bitted wretch! looking pinched and scared in its trailing glow of light. A Modern Utopia He bitted his next words as they came galloping up. Once Aboard the Lugger The strain was now taken by the windlass-barrel, controlled by a screw-brake, backed if necessary by a number of turns round the forward bitts. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The piper turned, and pointed to a neighbouring tree, and they saw an old white horse ready bitted, bridled, and saddled. The Secret Rose They have a role commonly made of a snake's skin, where they tye severall bears' paws, or give a forme to some bitts of buff's horns, and put it about the said role. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson This bit is what is called the persuader, and it is the best bit that ever was used for bitting colts. Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets And Mahommed Gunga bitted his impatience fiercely, praying the one God he believed in to touch the right scale of the two. Rung Ho! He instanced one that was bitt in the hand in a quarrell, and it swoll up to his shoulder, and killed him in a short time. The Natural History of Wiltshire Andra passaged like a strongly bitted charger to the back door, and there ran away with himself, flourishing in the air a pair of very dirty heels. The Lilac Sunbonnet So there is the description of the most delicious bitt of the world. Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson Lower down, between the bitts, was a locker, or sailors' pantry, kept in abominable disorder, and sometimes requiring a vigorous cleaning and fumigation. Omoo If this is the case with a horse well bitted, what must be the result should an elephant be guided by a mahout of uncertain temperament? Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 The boatswain piped three shrill pipes, and "All hands up anchor," was thrice repeated forward, followed by private admonitions, "Rouse and bitt!" Hard Cash The bit of life that is I, in so far as it succeeds in baffling them or in bitting them to its service, will imagine that it is godlike. The Cruise of the Snark Captain Bunker stood near the bitts, where his brief orders were transmitted to the man at the almost useless wheel. The Crusade of the Excelsior Moreover, it was hacked and hewed without mercy, the cook frequently helping himself to splinters for kindling-wood from the bitts and beams. Omoo There is a way to drain it off, after it has grained, by putting clay into the pans; bitt it isn’t always practised; some doos and some doosn’t. The Pioneers But the anchors held, and so nobly that our final anxiety was that the for’ard bitts would be jerked clean out of the boat. A Collection of Stories The creature was superbly handsome, but apparently so unconquerable and so savage that her grooms were afraid to approach it, and indeed it could not be saddled and bitted unless she herself stood near. A Lady of Quality "Why, there's for you; and there, and there!" said Sebastian, bitting back a great deal harder, and again and again, till Sir Toby came to the rescue of his friend. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare If my horse is not properly bitted, they must speak to Captain Paz. Paz "We did get the bight of a cable over the breech, but the men could not hold it, even though they took a couple of turns around the bitts." Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record The very instant that I found my feet against the bitts, I jumped off the ship on to the wharf. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger All at once, the sailor having examined the bitts to which the cable of the anchor was secured,— "Hallo," he cried, "this is queer!" The Mysterious Island One man I noticed fetch up, head on and square on, with the starboard bitt. South Sea Tales As a tribe collectively you scarcely approached the country at all, or if you found yourselves in it, you bivouacked with your horses bitted and bridled, as being in the territory of your superiors. Anabasis A bight of steel cable was gotten around the breech, and then passed to a big bitt, or stanchion, bolted to the deck. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record “You’ll find it knockin’ about by the bitts,” Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed. The Sea Wolf Koku, aided by the cable, and by the leverage given by the several turns about the bitts, had held the big gun. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record So the Pyrenees, with her cargo of fire, was hove to, bitting the teeth of the gale and fighting and smashing the pounding seas. South Sea Tales Oofty-Oofty took a turn on a bitt, the rope tautened, and the Ghost, lunging onward, jerked the cook to the surface. The Sea Wolf |
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