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▪ I. unˈbit, ppl. a.
(un-1 8 b.)
1742Young Nt. Th. iv. 108 Some avocation deeming it―to die; Unbit by rage canine of dying rich.
▪ II. unˈbit, v.
[un-2 4 b.]
trans. To free (a horse) from the bit. Also absol.
1565–6Blundevil Horsemanship iv. lxx. (1580) 29 b, Then vnbitte him, and if it bee in Winter, offer him a hande full of Wheaten strawe. 1639T. de la Grey Expert Farrier 116 Let him stand upon his trench foure or five houres,..then unbit him, and give him sweet hay. 1662J. Davies tr. Olearius' Voy. Ambass. 228 We were told the Herb of it is..venemous,..upon which accompt it was, that we durst not unbit that day. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. cxi. (1783) IV. 51 Jack Bookwit..unbitted his horse. |