unbitted
Americanadjective
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not bitted or bridled.
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not controlled.
Etymology
Origin of unbitted
First recorded in 1580–90; un- 1 + bit 1 ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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"So much the worse for the ship, for her cable can be unbitted, as well as the schooner's."
From Down the Rhine Young America in Germany by Optic, Oliver
She held her head high, and capered like an unbitted yearling fresh off the first spring pastures.
From Patsy by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Every passion, unbitted and unbridled, hurries the soul bound to it—as Mazeppa was bound to the wild horse—to certain destruction....
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. by Various
"It's easy—for him," commented Brand Williams, discussing Collie's almost uncanny quelling of a vicious, unbitted mustang.
From Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail by Fischer, Anton Otto
Like an unbitted horse, all restraint shaken off, she ran free toward the ocean as to her pasture-land.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Norris, Frank
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