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A medieval polearm, 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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An agricultural hand tool often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A part of the knotting mechanism in a reaper-binder or baler (agricultural machinery).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, often
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Rare form of bill hook (“spiked hook used in shops for hanging papers”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, rare
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Rare form of bill hook (“sharply pointed spike on honeyguide hatchlings' mandibles”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, rare
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To use a billhook.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a long-handled saw with a curved blade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he used a bill to prune branches off of the tree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bill
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saw
Earliest use in weapon (and later, agricultural) sense, bill (“a bladed pike (obsolete)”) + hook; other senses formed anew from various meanings of bill.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Albanian:
kmesë
— agricultural implement
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Albanian:
kadhë
— agricultural implement
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Albanian:
kizë
— agricultural implement
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Azerbaijani:
dəhrə
— agricultural implement
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Catalan:
falçó
— agricultural implement
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Catalan:
podall
— agricultural implement
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Chinese Mandarin:
鍥 /锲
(qiè)
— agricultural implement
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Czech:
kosíř
— agricultural implement
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Dutch:
hiep
— agricultural implement
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Dutch:
snoeimes
— agricultural implement
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Esperanto:
serpo
— agricultural implement
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Faroese:
krókaknívur
— agricultural implement
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Finnish:
vesuri
— agricultural implement
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Finnish:
kassara
— agricultural implement
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French:
serpe
— agricultural implement
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French:
serpette
— agricultural implement
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Galician:
podón
— agricultural implement
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German:
Hippe
— agricultural implement
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Ancient Greek:
κρώπιον
(krṓpion)
— agricultural implement
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Ancient Greek:
βίσβη
(bísbē)
— agricultural implement
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Irish:
bileog
— agricultural implement
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Irish:
corrán
— agricultural implement
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Irish:
halbard
— agricultural implement
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Old Irish:
fidbae
— agricultural implement
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Italian:
roncola
— agricultural implement
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Italian:
roncolina
— agricultural implement
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Japanese:
鉈
(nata)
— agricultural implement
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Japanese:
鉈鎌
(natagama)
— agricultural implement
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Korean:
나대
(nadae)
— agricultural implement
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Korean:
낫
(nat)
— agricultural implement
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Northern Kurdish:
das
— agricultural implement
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Macedonian:
сор
(sor)
— agricultural implement
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Māori:
pīhuka
— agricultural implement
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Māori:
perohuka
— agricultural implement
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Norman:
sèrpe
— agricultural implement
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Norwegian:
løvkniv
— agricultural implement
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Norwegian:
lauvkniv
— agricultural implement
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Polish:
sierpak
— agricultural implement
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Portuguese:
podão
— agricultural implement
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Portuguese:
serpete
— agricultural implement
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Russian:
сека́ч
(sekáč)
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
kosir
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
косир
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
kosač
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
косач
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
sekač
— agricultural implement
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Serbo-Croatian:
секач
— agricultural implement
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Sicilian:
runca
— agricultural implement
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Sicilian:
rùncula
— agricultural implement
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Sicilian:
runculiḍḍa
— agricultural implement
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Slovene:
krivec
— agricultural implement
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Spanish:
podón
— agricultural implement
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Spanish:
corquete
— agricultural implement
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Tamil:
வீச்சரிவாள்
(vīccarivāḷ)
— agricultural implement
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Turkish:
tahra
— agricultural implement
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Ottoman Turkish:
كسكی
(keski)
— agricultural implement
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Ottoman Turkish:
داس
(das)
— agricultural implement
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Walloon:
såpe
— agricultural implement
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Walloon:
sårpete
— agricultural implement
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Walloon:
sårpea
— agricultural implement
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Walloon:
fiermint
— agricultural implement
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Walloon:
courbet
— agricultural implement
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Welsh:
bilwg
— agricultural implement
