bill, billhook
(noun) a cutting tool with a sharp edge; “he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
billhook (plural billhooks)
(weapons) A medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill
An agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Written as bill-hook: a part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
Written as bill hook: a spiked hook used in offices and shops for hanging bills or other small papers such as receipts.
(ornithology) Written as bill hook: a sharply pointed spike growing from the tip of the upper mandible of the hatchlings of honeyguides, used to destroy the eggs and kill the chicks of the host species.
• handbill, pruning hook, hack, hacker, hedging bill, hedging-bill, hedge bill, bill, broom hook, block hook, Yorkshire bill, vine hook
billhook (third-person singular simple present billhooks, present participle billhooking, simple past and past participle billhooked)
To use a billhook
• hookbill
Source: Wiktionary
Bill"hook`, n. Etym: [Bill + hook.]
Definition: A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 February 2025
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
