ppl. a. [f. BILL sb.1 and 2.] Furnished with a bill; having a beak, spike, etc. (Usually in composition, as long-, broad-, soft-billed, etc.)

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1399.  Langl., Rich. Redeless, iii. 37. All billid breddis þat þe bough spareth.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, XI. xiii. 20. The weill stelit and braid billit ax.

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1582.  D. Ingram, Narr., in Arb., Garner, V. 257. It is bigger than a goose, billed like a showeler.

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1625.  Bacon, Goodness, Ess. (Arb.), 201. A longe Billed Fowle.

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1770.  G. White, Selborne, xxxvi. Hard-billed birds subsist on seeds.

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1847.  Carpenter, Zool., § 385. Dentirostres, or toothed-billed Birds, which are characterized by a notch or tooth near the extremity of the upper mandible.

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