Defn: The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
BITTOCK
Bit"tock, n. Etym: [See Bit a morsel.]
Defn: A small bit of anything, of indefinite size or quantity; a short distance. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
BITTOR; BITTOUR
Bit"tor Bit"tour, n. Etym: [See Bittern] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The bittern. Dryden.
BITTS
Bitts, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. (Naut.)
Defn: A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc.
BITUME
Bi*tume", n. Etym: [F. See Bitumen.]
Defn: Bitumen. [Poetic] May.
BITUMED
Bi*tumed", a.