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1. biller(e n.(1)

Additional spellings: billere
3 quotations in 1 sense
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A maker of halberds, etc. …

2. billen v.(1)

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(a) To scrape, scratch, jab (on sth.); (b) to hoe or grub. …

3. bil n.

22 quotations in 1 sense
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A cutting, hacking, or grubbing implement: (a) a falchion, halberd, pike, gisarme; bil ibeat; blak bil [see blak adj., sense 4. (f)]; (b) a pruning hook or blade; bil hok; hegge bil, a bill hook used……

4. bile-whīt adj.

Additional spellings: bilewhit
6 quotations in 1 sense
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Pure in heart, virtuous; kind, gentle. …

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