Under-bitted

ppl. a. north. dial. [UNDER-¹ 4 a.] Earmarked in a special manner.

  Cf. mod. U.S. under-bit (a semicircular earmark indicating ownership), and under-bitten ppl. a.

1555.  Knaresb. Wills (Surtees), I. 69. To my doughter … browne rigged cowe, under bytted of bothe eyres.

1899.  in Cumbld. Gloss., 381/2. Cheviot ewe, under bitted both ears.