Definition of bill

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Bill (n.) A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped blade, having a short pike at the back and another at the top, and attached to the end of a long staff..

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Dishonor :: Dishonor (v. t.) To refuse or decline to accept or pay; -- said of a bill, check, note, or draft which is due or presented; as, to dishonor a bill exchange..
Billman :: Billman (n.) One who uses, or is armed with, a bill or hooked ax..
Sinciput :: Sinciput (n.) The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Hole :: Hole (n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball..
Accept :: Accept (v. t.) To receive as obligatory and promise to pay; as, to accept a bill of exchange..
Ringbill :: Ringbill (n.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
Conirostres :: Conirostres (n. pl.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches..
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Levirostres :: Levirostres (n. pl.) A group of birds, including the hornbills, kingfishers, and related forms..
Amadavat :: Amadavat (n.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill..
Spikebill :: Spikebill (n.) The marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa).
Item :: Item (n.) An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the items in a bill..
Snipebill :: Snipebill (n.) A bolt by which the body of a cart is fastened to the axle.
Spoonbill :: Spoonbill (n.) Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is broadly expanded and flattened at the tip..
Billhook :: Billhook (n.) 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..
Scrutiny :: Scrutiny (n.) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written..
Cultirostral :: Cultirostral (a.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc..
Bill Holder :: Bill holder () A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
Foam :: Foam (n.) To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam..
Curvirostral :: Curvirostral (a.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill..
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