These are the meanings of the letters UNBITT when you unscramble them.
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Bitt (n.)
See Bitts.
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Bitt (v. t.)
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.
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Bunt (n.)
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
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Bunt (n.)
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
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Bunt (v. i.)
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
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Bunt (v. t. & i.)
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
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Butt (v. t.)
Alt. of But
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Butt (v. i.)
To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut.
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Butt (v. i.)
To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]
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Butt (v. t.)
To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
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Butt (n.)
A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads.
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Butt (n.)
The common English flounder.
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Tint (n.)
A slight coloring.
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Tint (n.)
A pale or faint tinge of any color.
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Tint (n.)
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.
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Tint (n.)
A shaded effect produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
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Tint (v. t.)
To give a slight coloring to; to tinge.
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Unit (n.)
A single thing or person.
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Unit (n.)
The least whole number; one.
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Unit (n.)
A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.
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Unit (n.)
Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time, heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
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Unit (n.)
A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded as an undivided whole.