(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:07:21

Bew"it (?), n. [Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck collar, fetter. Cf. Buoy.]

A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

 

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