Definition for BILL

BILL, n.2 [Sax. bil; G. beil, an ax or hatchet; D. byl; Dan. bile; W. bwyell; Pers. بِيل bil, a mattock, or pick-ax, and a shovel.]

A pick-ax, or mattock; a battle-ax; an ax or hatchet with a crooked point.

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