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Brown bill
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What's The Definition Of Brown bill?Synonyms | Synonyms for Brown bill: Related Terms | Find terms related to Brown bill: See Also | Brown bill In Webster's Dictionary \Brown" bill`\ [Brown + bill cutting tool.]
A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. See 4th
{Bill}.
Many time, but for a sallet, my brainpan had been cleft
with a brown bill. --Shak.
Note: The black, or as it is sometimes called, the brown
bill, was a kind of halberd, the cutting part hooked
like a woodman's bill, from the back of which projected
a spike, and another from the head. --Grose.
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