Chapter Besot to Billingsgate of B by Soule's Synonymes

2. Ill-nature, gall, venom. See acrimony.

Bile-duct, n. Biliary duct, hepatic duct.

Bile-stone, n. Gall-stone, biliary calculus.

Biliary calculus. Gall-stone, bile-stone.

Biliary duct. Bile-duct, hepatic duct.

Bilk, v. a. Deceive (by not fulfilling an engagement, disappoint, frustrate, thwart, balk, leave in the lurch, elude.

Bill, n.

1. Beak, mandible, neb.

2. Bill-hook, hedge-bill, hedging-knife, brush-cutter.

3. Account, charges, reckoning, score.

4. Statement of particulars.

5. Draft of a law, projected law.

6. Note, note of hand, promissory note, evidence of debt, I. O. U.

7. Placard, poster, broadside, advertisement.

Bill, v. n. Kiss, caress, fondle, toy, exchange kisses and caresses.

Billet, n.

1. Note, short letter.

2. Stick, small piece, fagot, splitting.

Billet, v. a. Assign (to a lodging-place, as soldiers, by a billet), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.

Billet, v. n. Be quartered, lodge, have one’s quarters.

Billet-doux, n. [Fr.] Love-letter.

Billing and cooing. Caresses, toying, dalliance. See blandishment.

Billingsgate, n. Ribaldry, foul language. See abuse, n.