Vocabulary : Billed to Billhook

Billed : of Bill ;; Furnished with, or having, a bill, as a bird; -- used in composition; as, broad-billed.
Billet : A small paper; a note; a short letter. ;; A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence. ;; To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses. ;; A small stick of wood, as for firewood. ;; A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron. ;; An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round. ;; A strap which enters a buckle. ;; A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap. ;; A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle. ;; Quarters or place to which one is assigned, as by a billet or ticket; berth; position. Also used fig.
Billet-doux : A love letter or note.
Billeted : of Billet
Billethead : 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.

Billeting : of Billet
Billets-doux : of Billet-doux
Billfish : 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).
Billhead : A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
Billhook : 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.

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