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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

bitt

noun: a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines); "the road was closed to vehicular traffic with bollards" [syn: {bollard}]

verb: secure with a bitt; "bitt the ship line"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Bitt \Bitt\, noun (Naut.) See {Bitts}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Bitt \Bitt\, verb (used with an object) [See {Bitts}.] (Naut.) 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. --Totten.
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