BPage 213
- English Word Billet Definition A ticket from a public officer directing soldiers at what house to lodge; as, a billet of residence.
- English Word Billet Definition To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge. Hence: To quarter, or place in lodgings, as soldiers in private houses.
- English Word Billet Definition A small stick of wood, as for firewood.
- English Word Billet Definition A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron.
- English Word Billet Definition An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round.
- English Word Billet Definition A strap which enters a buckle.
- English Word Billet Definition A loop which receives the end of a buckled strap.
- English Word Billet Definition A bearing in the form of an oblong rectangle.
- English Word Billet-doux Definition A love letter or note.
- English Word Billeted Definition of Billet
- English Word Billethead Definition A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon lone is run out when the whale darts off.
- English Word Billeting Definition of Billet
- English Word Billets-doux Definition of Billet-doux
- English Word Billfish Definition A name applied to several distinct fishes
- English Word Billfish Definition The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.
- English Word Billfish Definition The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).
- English Word Billfish Definition The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
- English Word Billfish Definition The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
- English Word Billhead Definition A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.
- English Word Billhook Definition 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.