north. dial. [f. BIT sb. + -OCK, dim. suffix.] A little bit, a small piece or portion.
1802. J. Wilson, (Congleton), MS. Let. to J. Boucher, Bittock, a small Piece or small Bit; Cheshire.
1815. Scott, Guy M., i. The ‘three mile’ diminished into ‘like a mile and a bittock.’ Ibid. (1818), Rob Roy, xviii. ‘My ain parish of Dreep-daily, that lies a bittock farther to the west.’
