Wood-bill

[OE. wudubil(l: see WOOD sb.¹ and BILL sb.¹] An implement used for cutting wood, pruning, etc.: = BILL sb.¹ 4.

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c. 725. Corpus Gloss. (Hessels), F 48. Falcastrum, wudubil.

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c. 890. Wærferth, trans. Gregory’s Dial. (1900), 113. Sume dæʓe sealde he him irenʓeloman, þæt is haten wudubill.

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1356. in Riley, Mem. Lond. (1868), 284. 3 twybilles, 3 wodbilles.

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1485. in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees), 373. j wodbill.

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1660. Blount, Boscobel, I. (1680), 44. His Name was agreed to be Wil-Jones, and His arms a wood-Bill.

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1788. Cowper, Lett., 23 July. The axe and the woodbill … have … been constantly employed.

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