weatherbit

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weatherbit - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Weather-bit \Weath"er-bit`\, n. (Naut.)
     A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without
     the bits.
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  Weatherbit \Weath"er*bit`\, v. t. (Naut.)
     To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass.
     --Totten.
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