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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.

A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle, used in pruning, etc.; a billhook.

Somebody armed with a bill; a billman.

A pickaxe, or mattock.

To dig, chop, etc., with a bill.

The beak of a bird, especially when small or flattish; sometimes also used with reference to a platypus, turtle, or other animal.

A beak-like projection, especially a promontory.

Of a cap or hat: the brim or peak, serving as a shade to keep sun off the face and out of the eyes.

To peck

To stroke bill against bill, with reference to doves; to caress in fondness

A written list or inventory. (Now obsolete except in specific senses or set phrases; bill of lading, bill of goods, etc.)

A document, originally sealed; a formal statement or official memorandum. (Now obsolete except with certain qualifying words; bill of health, bill of sale etc.)

A draft of a law, presented to a legislature for enactment; a proposed or projected law.

A declaration made in writing, stating some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law.

To advertise by a bill or public notice.

To charge; to send a bill to.

The bell, or boom, of the bittern.