A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bill, n.3 [ME. bill, bille, etc., OE. bile.] The beak of a bird. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 496.
With his sweit bill he wald brek vs the breid Id. Orph. 180.
A grisely gripe … wyth his bill his bally throu can bore
