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  FEW:  biti 15/i,121b Gdf:  bite 1,653c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  bite  TLF: ∅ OED:  bitt n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 
ls(loanword: Scandinavian )
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s.

1ship.bitt, one of the strong posts firmly fastened in pairs in the deck or decks of a ship, for fastening cables, belaying ropes, etc.: 
( 1312-13 )  En .j. bitekneu [...] En .j. feust por fullingg a les bites  E101/612/31, m.2
bitekneu 
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