Canon bit

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• canon

  cănon, ŏnis, m. (acc. canona, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; acc. plur. canonas, Aus. Ep. 136; in Cic. Fam. ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Canon

  ·noun A law or rule. II. Canon ·noun ·see <<Carom>>. III. Canon ·noun In monasteries, a book conta...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Canon

  This word is derived from a Hebrew and Greek word denoting a reed or cane. Hence it means something ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Bit

  ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bite. II. Bit ·v The cutting iron of a plane. III. Bit ·- of <<Bite>>. IV. Bit...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bit

  The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps....

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bit

  Money. He grappled the cull's bit; he seized the man's money. A bit is also the smallest coin in Jam...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bit

  1) past part. of the verb bite. Cheated, taken in. In Yorkshire, England, a cheat is called a bite. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• bit

  A West Indian silver coin, varying from 4 d. to 6 d. In America it is 12-1/2 cents, and in the Spani...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Canon bone

  ·- The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allie...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Canon Alley

  See Cannon Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Canker-bit

  ·adj Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Fippenny bit

  ·- The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, — so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Frogs-bit

  ·noun <<Frogbit>>. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Hunger-bit

  ·adj ·Alt. of Hunger-bitten. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Weather-bit

  ·noun A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• fippenny bit

  or contracted, FIP. Fivepence. In the State of Pennsylvania, the vulgar name for the Spanish half-re...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• dab bit

  a small quantity, less than a dab. Glou. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• way-bit

  (or rather a WEE-BIT), a little piece ; a mile and a wee -bit, or way-bit. Yorksh. WEE is Scotch for...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• vent-bit

  A peculiar augur or screw gimlet used for clearing the vent of a gun when obstructed. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Wait-a-bit

  ·add. ·noun The prickly ash. II. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·noun The grapple plant. III. Wait-a-bit ·add. ·...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• queer bit-makers

  Coiners. CANT. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• rouse and bit

  The order to turn out of the hammocks. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Canon Of Scripture, The

  may be generally described as the "collection of books which form the original and authoritative wri...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary