Bit: alternatives and connections

The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bi…

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Alt. of Burr

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Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also,…

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To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

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To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

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To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, e…

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A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

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That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time.

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To bend or curve

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The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.

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A moment; an instant; as, I will be ready in a jiffy.

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The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.

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Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

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A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of tobacco.

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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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Thin dry scales or scabs upon the body; especially, thin scales exfoliated from the cuticle, particularly of the scalp; dandruff.

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To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood.

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A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called als…

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Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.

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To split or rend into long, thin pieces; to shiver; as, the lightning splinters a tree.

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One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel.

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To pull; to haul; to drag; to pull away.

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of Twinkle

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Woad.

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To nod; to sleep; to nap.

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A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cove…

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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

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As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

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One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance o…

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That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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The materials for making saddles and harnesses; the articles usually offered for sale in a saddler's shop.

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A stain; a tache.

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To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof.

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A single thing or person.

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The head gear with which a horse is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

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To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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See Chank.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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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 cru…

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To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.

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A paling; a hurdle.

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A flake; also, a lock, as of wool.

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The sixtieth part of an hour; sixty seconds. (Abbrev. m.; as, 4 h. 30 m.)

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More; -- usually, more in number.

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A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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A little bite or bit of food.

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That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

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A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently…

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other.

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To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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