bitting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bitting
Example Sentences
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A little shadow passes over my mind as I think of the analogy to bitting a horse.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
Saxe, what man of yours is that who is bitting Grey Roland?
From The Justice of the King by Drummond, Hamilton
So the Pyrenees, with her cargo of fire, was hove to, bitting the teeth of the gale and fighting and smashing the pounding seas.
From South Sea Tales by London, Jack
It is true, he was on the whole rather an innocent monster; and between bitting and bridling, coaxing and humouring, might have been made to pad on well enough.
From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir
A special kind of skill is, however, needed in breaking, training, bitting and schooling horses for a game like polo, or for the evolutions of what is known as the haute �cole.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
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