Bewit

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bewit \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.
     [1913 Webster]