- 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.