Bit, 1) the iron part of a bridle which is put in the mouth of the horse: “the iron b. he crusheth 'tween his teeth,” Ven. 269. Meas. I, 3, 20. Shr. III, 2, 57. H5 IV, 2, 49. H8 V, 3, 23.
2) morsel: LLL I, 1, 26. As II, 7, 133. Troil. V, 2, 159. V, 8, 20 (Q bait, F1 bed). Cor. IV, 5, 36. Tim. II, 2, 174.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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