- mooring post - See Bitts. - To put round the bitts; as, to bitt the cable, in order to
fasten it or to slacken it gradually, which is called veering away.
- mooring post - Post used to control traffic - Short post on a quay or ship - Traffic restraining post - An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock,
used in veering or fastening ropes.
- Cetacean - Marine mammal - Porpoise relation - A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp.
D. delphis); the true dolphin. - The Coryphaena hippuris, a fish of about five feet in
length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It
is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. See Coryphaenoid. - A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness
to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. - A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
- Abstain from food - Abstain from food for health or religious reasons - Don’t eat like Usain Bolt! - Eat nothing - fortified - Go without food - Hell for leather