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noun
A small strip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, in-plural
Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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verb
To bequeath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To endue or impart wit (to); instruct.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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History
From Middle English bewette, diminutive of Old French beue, bue, buie, boie (“bond, chain”), from Latin boia (“neck collar, fetter”). Compare buoy.
From Middle English biwitten, biwiten, biwitien, from Old English bewitan, bewītan, bewitian (“to look over, watch over, take charge of, have charge or direction of, superintend, preside, govern, administer”), equivalent to be- + wit.
