BET'TY, noun [Supposed to be a cant word from the name of a maid; but qu. is it not from the root of beat or Latin peto?]
An instrument to break open doors.
Webster's Dictionary 1828
BET'TY, noun [Supposed to be a cant word from the name of a maid; but qu. is it not from the root of beat or Latin peto?]
An instrument to break open doors.