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- English Word Bit Definition Somewhat; something, but not very great.
- English Word Bit Definition A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
- English Word Bit Definition The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
- English Word Bit Definition The cutting iron of a plane.
- English Word Bit Definition In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
- English Word Bit Definition 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth.
- English Word Bit Definition of Bite
- English Word Bit Definition of Bite
- English Word Bitake Definition To commend; to commit.
- English Word Bitangent Definition Possessing the property of touching at two points.
- English Word Bitangent Definition A line that touches a curve in two points.
- English Word Bitartrate Definition A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.
- English Word Bitch Definition The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
- English Word Bitch Definition An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.
- English Word Bite Definition To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
- English Word Bite Definition To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.
- English Word Bite Definition To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth.
- English Word Bite Definition To cheat; to trick; to take in.
- English Word Bite Definition To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
- English Word Bite Definition To seize something forcibly with the teeth; to wound with the teeth; to have the habit of so doing; as, does the dog bite?