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Carrick bitts
Carrick Car"rick, n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. --Totten.

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- the bitter end is the ship end of the anchor cable, secured by the anchor bitts and the bitter pin in the cable locker under the forecastle. At anchor,...
- the establishment now moved to s**** based activities, and the capstan, bitts and figureheads were moved from the ships onto the s****. In November the...