English English Dictionary

A love letter or note.

of Billet

A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.

of Billet

of Billet-doux

A name applied to several distinct fishes

The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

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.

Of or pertaining to the game of billiards.

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

Caressing; kissing.

of Bill

A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry.

According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1,000,000,000,000. See Numeration.

One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax.