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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn vocabulary
8 nautical terms (boats, equipment, etc.)
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bitts
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Definition:Vertical posts bolted to a ship's deck or pier used for securing the mooring ropes (hawsers).
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I skimmed around for the watchman, a-wondering whereabouts he slept; and by and by I found him roosting on the bitts forward, with his head down between his knees.
Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn
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