A Bitter-end.
Is that end of the Cabell, which is used to be with∣in boord, still at the Bitts, when the Ship rides at an Anchor, so that upon occasion when they would have that end bent to the Anchor, they say, Bend to the Bitter-end.
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Is that end of the Cabell, which is used to be with∣in boord, still at the Bitts, when the Ship rides at an Anchor, so that upon occasion when they would have that end bent to the Anchor, they say, Bend to the Bitter-end.