Bill broker
Bill″ bro′ker (�). One who negotiates the discount of bills.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bill holder
Bill″ hold′er (bĭl″ hōl′dẽr). 1. A person who holds a bill or acceptance.2. A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
Billabong
Bil″la‐bong′ (?), n. In Australia, a blind channel leading out from a river; — sometimes called an anabranch. This is the sense of the word as used in the Public Works Departmen...
Billage
Bil″lage (�), n. & v. t. & i. Same as Bilge.
Billard
Bil″lard (�), n.(Zoöl.) An English fish, allied to the cod; the coalfish. [Written also billet and billit.]
Billbeetle
{Bill′bee″tle (�), or Bill″bug′ } (�), n.(Zoöl.) A weevil or curculio of various species, as the corn weevil. See Curculio.
Billboard
Bill″board′ (�), n. 1. (Naut.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on....
Billed
Billed (�), a. Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; — used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Billet
Bil″let (�), n. [F. billet, dim. of an OF. bille bill. See Bill a writing.] 1. A small paper; a note; a short letter. “I got your melancholy billet.” Sterne.2. A ticket from a p...
Billet (2)
Bil″let, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Billeted; p. pr. & vb. n.Billeting.] [From Billet a ticket.] (Mil.) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lo...
Billet (3)
Bil″let, n. [F. billette, bille, log; of unknown origin; a different word from bille ball. Cf. Billiards, Billot.] 1. A small stick of wood, as for firewood.They shall beat out ...
Billet (4)
Bil″let, n. Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig.The men who cling to easy billets ashore. Harper's Mag.His shaft...
Billet-doux
‖Bil′let–doux″ (bĭl′lā̍‐do͞o″), n.; pl.Billets-doux (bĭl′lā̍‐do͞oz″). [F. billet note + doux sweet, L. dulcis.] A love letter or note.A lover chanting out a billet-doux.Spectator.
Billethead
Bil″let‐head′ (bĭl″lĕt‐hĕd), n.(Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off.
Billfish
Bill″fish′ (–fĭsh′), n.(Zoöl.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus, orBelone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish o...
Billhead
Bill″head′ (–hĕd′), n. A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
Billhook
Bill″hook′ (�), n. [Bill + hook.] 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...
Billiard
Bil″liard (�), a. Of or pertaining to the game of billiards. “Smooth as is a billiard ball.” B. Jonson.
Billiards
Bil″liards (�), n. [F. billiard billiards, OF. billart staff, cue form playing, fr. bille log. See Billet a stick.] A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular...
Billing
Bill″ing (�), a. & n. Caressing; kissing.
Billingsgate
Bil″lings‐gate′ (�), n. 1. A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.2. Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.
Billion
Bil″lion (�), n. [F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million.] According to the French and American method of numeration, a ...
Billman
Bill″man (�), n.; pl.Billmen (�). One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax. “A billman of the guard.” Savile.
Billon
‖Bil′lon″ (�), n. [F. Cf. Billet a stick.] An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.
Billot
Bil″lot (�), n. [F. billot, dim. of bille. See Billet a stick.] Bullion in the bar or mass.
Billow
Bil″low (�), n. [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. bölge, Sw. bölja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge.] 1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water,...
Billow (2)
Bil″low, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Billowed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Billowing.] To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. “The billowing snow.” Prior.