subs. (originally provincial; now common).A distance of very undecided length. If a North countryman be asked the distance to a place, he will most probably reply, a mile and a BITTOCK. The latter may be considered any distance from one hundred yards to ten miles. Also of time.
1802. J. WILSON (Congleton) M.S. Let. to F. Boucher. BITTOCK, a small piece or small bit; Cheshire.
1816. SCOTT, Old Mortality. To Chamwood, madam? Its unco late, and its sax miles an a BITTOCK down the water.
1884. Daily News, April 15, 4, 7. Edinburgh University is three hundred years and a BITTOCK.