(n. pl.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have isolated and sequenced cDNAs for S2- and S3-alleles of the self-incompatibility locus (S-locus) in Solanum chacoense Bitt., a wild potato species displaying gametophytic self-incompatibility.
(2) In the treated animals the tick lesions were insignificant, lacking the collagen destruiction found in untreated hosts, bitt the ticks engorged normally.
Pitcher
Definition:
(n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
(n.) A sort of crowbar for digging.
(n.) A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
(n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(2) That is the question facing Major League Baseball pitchers who are faced with the horrendous looking but protective hat that made its debut this week.
(3) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(4) Electromyography and high-speed film were used to examine the muscle activity in the elbows of pitchers with medial collateral ligament insufficiency compared to the activity in uninjured elbows.
(5) 2.05am BST Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 0, top of the 4th We have a pitcher's duel ladies and gentlemen!
(6) Their acquisition of starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez however, well, that’s a wild one.
(7) When hall-of-fame pitcher Tom Glavine signed with the Mets, he agreed to build a new baby nursery in team-mate Joe McEwing’s home for his No47.
(8) 1.51am GMT Cardinals 2 - Red Sox 1, top of 5th AlisonW (@AlisonW) #RedSox finally doing what they do best: making the pitcher make more pitches.
(9) 1.06am GMT Red Sox 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 3rd And Clay faces Lance Lynn to start off the third, and the Superman-character named pitcher works a decent at-bat, working the count to 2-2 and then fouling off the next two pitches and taking ball three to a full count.
(10) Matt Cain became the latest Giants All-Star pitcher to slide , joining Barry Zito , who started the trend, and Tim Lincecum, whose 4.37 ERA was rewarded with a two-year $35m deal, a curious decision from the front office.
(11) Five of the best S. flava : bright yellow trumpet pitchers and sulphur-yellow flowers.
(12) All of the pitchers returned to professional or college league baseball without recurrence of the ulcer.
(13) All four pitchers returned to professional baseball the year following surgical excision of the bursa.
(14) I will refrain on saying my thoughts on the National League and pitchers hitting, but all I'm saying here is that maybe it would have been more fun to see a David Oritz or Victor Martinez hitting there instead.
(15) The tying run is coming to the plate and a new pitcher is coming to the mound... Jon Smalldon (@jonsmalldon) Brandon Crawford!
(16) Manager Mike Scioscia may have one-time slugger Josh Hamilton back in time for the postseason, should he heal from rib inflammation ( if they even need him ); same goes for starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who has carried the team down the stretch and is recovering from a mild left rib-cage strain , not to mention his rookie hazing role as a Saudi oil tycoon.
(17) 1.05am BST Jake Peavy Dave Leese (@dl_1009) @Busfield @LengelDavid I especially like watching a pitcher who's been declared legally blind, have a go at hitting a 90mph fastball October 26, 2013 Yes, the Sox starter is legally blind without corrective lenses.
(18) These pitchers have had symptoms for some time with progressive loss of full extension of the elbow and increasing pain.
(19) Sox on the Beach (@SoxontheBeach) Also, why are the A's fans behind home plate waving towels when THEIR pitcher is in the mound?
(20) Even more so if "rookie" Hyun-jin Ryu doesn't get his act together tonight - the first Korean pitcher to start in the playoffs looked nothing like the impressive hurler he was in the regular season, getting hit hard by the Braves in the NLDS.