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bill
Any of various bladed or pointed hand weapons, originally designating an Anglo-Saxon sword, and later a weapon of infantry, especially in the 14th and 15th centuries, commonly consisting of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, with a short pike at the back and another at the top, attached to the end of a long staff.
Similar: polearm
A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.
Similar: billhook, hand bill, hedge bill
Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.
Similar: billman
To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.
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