bight (bit)

[ They put the bight of a rope round Ben's neck and slung him right up to the yard-arm. S. O. Jewett , Deep haven, p. 95. 3. A narrow bay or rece in a sea-coast be tween comparatively distant headlands; a long and gradual bend of a coast-line: used especially in the names Bight of Benin and of Biafra in Africa, and the Great Australian Bight (on the south coast). The spangle dances in bight and bay. Tennyson , Sea-Fairies. On the warm bights of the Florida shores. D. G. Mitchell, Bound Together, iii. 4. A similar bend in the shore of a river or a bay, or rece in a mountain; a bay-like indentation. [Rare.] In the very bite or nook of the bay there was a great inlet of water. De Foe, Voyage around the World. ( N. E. D. ) Bowline on a bight. See bowline. bight (bit), v. t. [ biglandular biglandular (bi-glandū-lär), (bi- a. glandular.] Having two glands. [ bi -2 + IMG:content-2050.png:[blocks in formation]